Re: Some suggestions for changes to w.d.o/CD/faq entries

2012-01-11 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mi, 11 ian 12, 00:24:10, Steve McIntyre wrote: > On Sat, Jan 07, 2012 at 03:26:32PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > >Hi, > > > >I'm updating the Romanian translation for the CD/faq and I have a few > >comments/suggestions to the English version: > > > >http://www.debian.org/CD/faq/index.en.html#

Re: Some suggestions for changes to w.d.o/CD/faq entries

2012-01-11 Thread George Danchev
On Tuesday 10 January 2012 23:58:56 Rick Thomas wrote: > On Monday 09 January 2012 20:23:30 Thomas Schmitt wrote: > > To my understanding, Andrei objected a sentence about Defect > > Management, > > On Jan 9, 2012, at 1:34 PM, George Danchev wrote: > > Okay, Andrei objected the term "checkreading"

Re: Some suggestions for changes to w.d.o/CD/faq entries

2012-01-10 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Sat, Jan 07, 2012 at 03:26:32PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: >Hi, > >I'm updating the Romanian translation for the CD/faq and I have a few >comments/suggestions to the English version: > >http://www.debian.org/CD/faq/index.en.html#netinst >[...] which has a cheap Internet connection [...] > >Ma

Re: Some suggestions for changes to w.d.o/CD/faq entries

2012-01-10 Thread Rick Thomas
On Monday 09 January 2012 20:23:30 Thomas Schmitt wrote: To my understanding, Andrei objected a sentence about Defect Management, On Jan 9, 2012, at 1:34 PM, George Danchev wrote: Okay, Andrei objected the term "checkreading", and it is indeed not appropriate, regardless of whether it is perf

Re: Some suggestions for changes to w.d.o/CD/faq entries

2012-01-09 Thread George Danchev
On Monday 09 January 2012 20:23:30 Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > George Danchev wrote: > > Again, with proofreading (i.e. our former checkreading) we address the > > user action of deliberate reading of an appropriate amount of bytes from > > the burnt media (think 'dd'). This has nothing to do

Re: Some suggestions for changes to w.d.o/CD/faq entries

2012-01-09 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, George Danchev wrote: > Again, with proofreading (i.e. our former checkreading) we address the user > action of deliberate reading of an appropriate amount of bytes from the > burnt media (think 'dd'). This has nothing to do with the "Defect Management" > mechanism, which DVD-RAM and BD-RE d

Re: Some suggestions for changes to w.d.o/CD/faq entries

2012-01-09 Thread George Danchev
On Monday 09 January 2012 01:12:34 Andrei Popescu wrote: Hi, > [Not CC-ing you since I assume you are subscribed] Correct, we are both subscribed to debian-cd list, but we don't mind one or more duplicated messages, so an extra CC would not be a big problem :) > > I don't mind the wording as y

Re: Some suggestions for changes to w.d.o/CD/faq entries

2012-01-08 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, George Danchev wrote: > > a) isosize and dd > > b) check_debian_iso script Thomas has developed. > Besides, it doesn't address the "checkreading" which doesn't seem to be > an English word. Even if it is the technically correct term for what is > going on I doubt FAQ readers actually care a

Re: Some suggestions for changes to w.d.o/CD/faq entries

2012-01-08 Thread Andrei Popescu
[Not CC-ing you since I assume you are subscribed] On Du, 08 ian 12, 10:28:15, George Danchev wrote: > > Thomas' answer to your question, as I don't see you in CC: > http://lists.debian.org/debian-cd/2012/01/msg5.html Actually I did get it (Bcc?), but thanks :) > I don't mind the wording as

Re: Some suggestions for changes to w.d.o/CD/faq entries

2012-01-08 Thread George Danchev
On Saturday 07 January 2012 15:26:32 Andrei Popescu wrote: > Hi, Hi, CC'ed as you requested. Thomas' answer to your question, as I don't see you in CC: http://lists.debian.org/debian-cd/2012/01/msg5.html > http://www.debian.org/CD/faq/index.en.html#record-unix > [..] > Add option stream_rec

Re: Some suggestions for changes to w.d.o/CD/faq entries

2012-01-07 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Andrei Popescu wrote: > [1] I have no idea what checkreading is supposed to mean With the optical media types DVD-RAM and BD-RE, the drives verify the readability of the written data before they get overwritten in the drive buffer. If not properly readable, blocks from the spare area are map

Some suggestions for changes to w.d.o/CD/faq entries

2012-01-07 Thread Andrei Popescu
Hi, I'm updating the Romanian translation for the CD/faq and I have a few comments/suggestions to the English version: http://www.debian.org/CD/faq/index.en.html#netinst [...] which has a cheap Internet connection [...] May I suggest s/a cheap/an adequate/ here since the cost of the internet c