On Tue, 2018-07-31 at 10:40 +0200, Holger Wansing wrote: > Hi, > > Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk> wrote: > > Please remove all the text about USB-ZIP. Zip drives have been > > obsolete for over 10 years and I think only very old BIOS versions will > > expect that kind of partition table in USB storage devices. This text > > is more likely to confuse people than to be useful. > > Done. Updated patch is attached. > > > > diff --git a/en/howto/installation-howto.xml b/en/howto/installation-howto.xml > index ff8a74184..f2afb5c3b 100644 > --- a/en/howto/installation-howto.xml > +++ b/en/howto/installation-howto.xml > @@ -162,8 +162,9 @@ sticks. For details, see <xref linkend="boot-usb-files" > />. > </para><para arch="any-x86"> > > Some BIOSes can boot USB storage directly, and some cannot. You may need to > -configure your BIOS to boot from a <quote>removable drive</quote> or even a > -<quote>USB-ZIP</quote> to get it to boot from the USB device. For helpful > +configure your BIOS to enable <quote>USB legacy support</quote>. The boot > device > +selection menu should show <quote>removable drive</quote> or > <quote>USB-HDD</quote> > +to get it to boot from the USB device. For helpful > hints and details, see <xref linkend="usb-boot-x86" />. > > </para><para arch="powerpc"> > > diff --git a/en/preparing/bios-setup/i386.xml > b/en/preparing/bios-setup/i386.xml > index 4c50c1e2c..73f29271d 100644 > --- a/en/preparing/bios-setup/i386.xml > +++ b/en/preparing/bios-setup/i386.xml > @@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ In particular if you use an isohybrid CD/DVD image on a USB > stick > (see <xref linkend="usb-copy-isohybrid"/>), changing the device type to > <quote>USB CDROM</quote> helps on some BIOSes which will not boot from a USB > stick in > USB harddisk mode.</phrase> > +You may need to configure your BIOS to enable <quote>USB legacy > support</quote>. > > </para><para> >
Looks good to me.
(Though both these sections seem to need major work to talk about UEFI
as well as BIOS. Oddly there doesn't seem to be a bug report covering
that.)
Ben.
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Ben Hutchings
[W]e found...that it wasn't as easy to get programs right as we had
thought. I realized that a large part of my life from then on was going
to be spent in finding mistakes in my own programs.
- Maurice Wilkes, 1949
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