Re: [RFR] po-debconf://grub2/en.po
On Fri, Mar 02, 2007 at 08:52:14AM +0100, Christian Perrier wrote:
> Please find attached the templates file. Contrary to the mail subject,
> this is *not* a PO file....but I'm currently imagining us to use the
> same tools for English reviews than those we used in the l10n teams.
>
> I would appreciate if reviews include unified diffs which would make
> the changes easier to apply.
Here's my thoughts. I think they mostly pass without comment, except: is
"boot sector" the most accurate term for the last bullet point? Could
"bootable portion of GRUB" be an alternative? I'm just trying to make
clear that it's grub the bootloader, not the helper program, or package
containing it, that's being reinstalled.
Cheers,
Dominic.
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--- templates 2007-03-02 09:56:19.000000000 +0000
+++ templates.new 2007-03-02 10:01:20.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
Template: grub2/numbering_scheme_transition
Type: error
-_Description: GRUB 1.95 numbering scheme transition
- As of version 1.95, GRUB 2 has changed its numbering
+_Description: GRUB 1.95 partition numbering scheme transition
+ As of version 1.95, GRUB 2 has changed its partition numbering
scheme. Partitions are now counted starting from 1 rather than
- 0. This is consistent with device names of Linux and the other
+ 0. This is consistent with the device names of Linux and the other
kernels used in Debian. For example, when using Linux as the kernel,
"(hd0,1)" refers to the same partition as the /dev/sda1 device node.
.
- Because of this, there's a chance your system becomes unbootable if
- update-grub(8) is run before GRUB is updated, generating a grub.cfg file that
- your installed GRUB won't yet be able to parse correctly. To ensure the your
- system will be able to boot, you have to:
+ Because of this, there is a risk of your system becomes unbootable: if
+ update-grub(8) is run before GRUB is updated, it will generate a grub.cfg
+ file that your installed GRUB won't yet be able to parse correctly. To
+ ensure the your system will be able to boot, you should:
.
- - Reinstall GRUB (typically, by running grub-install).
+ - Reinstall GRUB to the boot sector (typically, by running grub-install).
- Rerun update-grub to generate a new grub.cfg.
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