[arch-releng] [Patch] Official_Arch_Linux_Install_Guide

Aaron Griffin aaronmgriffin at gmail.com
Fri May 28 15:08:34 EDT 2010


On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 12:45 PM, Volker <reklov at live.com> wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I think stumbled across a typo, a missing word and a wrong path in the
> official Install guide. Can someone check if that's correct?
>
> Subject: [PATCH] Typos and little correction
>
> Fix a typo, a missing word, and correct the path to the
> installation guide on release media in the info, which
> is actually /usr/share/aif/docs not /arch. (See the message
> you get when you run the 2010.05 live media and log in.)
> ---
>  doc/official_installation_guide_en |    6 +++---
>  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/doc/official_installation_guide_en b/doc/official_installation_guide_en
> index 01688f6..946a42d 100644
> --- a/doc/official_installation_guide_en
> +++ b/doc/official_installation_guide_en
> @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Patches/comments are welcome on the arch
>  [releng mailing list](http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch-releng)
>  or mail to dieter at archlinux.org
>
> -This guide is available in the /arch directory of release media and on
> +This guide is available in the /usr/share/aif/docs directory of release media and on
>  [The arch wiki](http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Official_Arch_Linux_Install_Guide)
>
>  **Related articles**
> @@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ ever want to use. The majority of your everyday modules will be loaded later
>  on by udev, during the init process.
>
>  By default, mkinitcpio.conf is configured to autodetect all needed modules for
> -IDE, SCSI, or SATA systems through so-called HOOKS. The installed should
> +IDE, SCSI, or SATA systems through so-called HOOKS. The installer should
>  also have inserted hooks like crypt, lvm, keymap and usbinput if relevant.
>  This means the default initrd should work for almost everybody.
>  You can edit mkinitcpio.conf and remove the subsystem HOOKS
> @@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ You'll notice that in the early userspace (the part that comes after the
>  bootloader) the hooks (as defined in mkinitcpio.conf) needed to get your root
>  filesystem are run.
>  If you have lvm, it will run the lvm hook.  If you use encryption, it will
> -the keymap and encrypt hooks so you can enter your password to decrypt the
> +run the keymap and encrypt hooks so you can enter your password to decrypt the
>  volume.
>
>  Once the system is booted, login as root.  By default the password is empty
> Also the wiki page would look much better without the <code> tags that
> markdown put there. ;)
>
> Altogether the new interactive installer is great, especially the
> support for encryption and LVM, thanks!

These seem right to me. I think Dieter is away for a bit, so it may
take a bit to get this merged. I can get to it next week.

Thanks for the patch!


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