install-guide/en_US entities.xml, 1.6, 1.7 fedora-install-guide-intro.xml, 1.4, 1.5

Stuart Ellis (elliss) fedora-docs-commits at redhat.com
Sun Apr 30 22:15:14 UTC 2006


Author: elliss

Update of /cvs/docs/install-guide/en_US
In directory cvs-int.fedora.redhat.com:/tmp/cvs-serv29456/en_US

Modified Files:
	entities.xml fedora-install-guide-intro.xml 
Log Message:
- Replaced use of cat /proc/mounts with dmesg, which makes the instructions a bit tidier.




Index: entities.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/docs/install-guide/en_US/entities.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.6
retrieving revision 1.7
diff -u -r1.6 -r1.7
--- entities.xml	30 Apr 2006 21:21:03 -0000	1.6
+++ entities.xml	30 Apr 2006 22:15:07 -0000	1.7
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     </entity>
     <entity name="DOCVERSION">
       <comment>Document version</comment>
-      <text>1.31</text>
+      <text>1.32</text>
     </entity>
     <entity name="DOCDATE">
       <comment>Document date</comment>


Index: fedora-install-guide-intro.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/docs/install-guide/en_US/fedora-install-guide-intro.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.4
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -u -r1.4 -r1.5
--- fedora-install-guide-intro.xml	30 Apr 2006 21:33:05 -0000	1.4
+++ fedora-install-guide-intro.xml	30 Apr 2006 22:15:07 -0000	1.5
@@ -557,9 +557,17 @@
       </para>
 
       <para>
-        The <command>dd</command> utility requires the name of the
-        device file that corresponds to the physical media. To learn the
-        device file, carry out the following steps:
+        The <command>dd</command> utility requires you to specify the
+        device file that corresponds to the physical media. The name of
+        the device file matches the name assigned to the device by your
+        system. All device files appear in the directory
+        <filename>/dev/</filename>. For example,
+        <filename>/dev/sda</filename> denotes the first USB or SCSI
+        device that is attached to the system.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+        To learn the name that your system assigns to the media:
       </para>
       <procedure>
         <step>
@@ -573,23 +581,20 @@
         </step>
         <step>
           <para>
-            Type this command, to show the currently attached drives:
+            Attach or insert the media.
           </para>
-<screen>
-<userinput>cat /proc/mounts</userinput>
-</screen>
         </step>
         <step>
           <para>
-            Attach or insert the media.
+            In the terminal window, type the following command:
           </para>
-        </step>
-        <step>
+<screen>
+<userinput>dmesg</userinput>
+</screen>
           <para>
-            Enter <userinput>cat /proc/mounts</userinput> again. The
-            media appears as a new entry at the bottom of the list. Note
-            the device file for the media, which appears in the first
-            column for the entry.
+            Look for the items in the <command>dmesg</command> output
+            that relate to the detection of a new SCSI device. Linux
+            systems treat USB media as forms of SCSI device.
           </para>
         </step>
         <step>
@@ -610,7 +615,7 @@
       </procedure>
       <para>
         To write an image file to boot media with <command>dd</command>
-        on a current version of &FC;:
+        on a current version of &FC;, carry out the following steps:
       </para>
       <procedure>
         <step>




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