Changeset 3653 in MondoRescue for branches/3.3/mondo-doc/mondorescue-howto.sgml

Timestamp:

Feb 23, 2017, 2:05:46 AM (7 years ago)

Author:

Bruno Cornec

Message:

Stop using the word PC and use machines instead

File:

• branches/3.3/mondo-doc/mondorescue-howto.sgml (modified) (9 diffs)

branches/3.3/mondo-doc/mondorescue-howto.sgml

@@ -568 +568 @@
 unmount it, and create a boot CD to allow you to restore from
 scratch if necessary. To reassure yourself that you will be able to
-restore from the NFS share even if your PC is wiped, please boot
+restore from the NFS share even if your machine is wiped, please boot
 from the Mindi CD and type 'compare'. The on-screen instructions
 from that point on should be sufficient.</para>
@@ -1435 +1435 @@
 whatever your CD writer's SCSI node is; usually, it is 0,0,0) to
 the call.</para>
-<para>Please insert the first disk in the writer while the PC is
+<para>Please insert the first disk in the writer while the machine is
 chugging away. If Mondo needs additional CD-R(W) then it will ask
 for them.</para>
@@ -1888 +1888 @@
 is very reliable.
 </para>
-<para>If you find that you cannot make your PC boot from the CD,
+<para>If you find that you cannot make your machine boot from the CD,
 take heart: the first backup media of each set contains disk
 images to give you the same functionality as this media (minus the
@@ -1916 +1916 @@
 
 <para>If the CD is not found during the initial restore CD boot
-attempt, reboot the PC a second time prior to reporting failure.
+attempt, reboot the machine a second time prior to reporting failure.
 Occasional timing errors and hardware/software/system conflicts do
 occur.</para>
@@ -2334 +2334 @@
 <title>Advanced</title>
 <para>It is now possible to restore to a live filesystem using
-Mondo. In other words, you do not have to boot your PC from your
+Mondo. In other words, you do not have to boot your machine from your
 media in order to restore files. Mondo was originally designed
 for disaster recovery - situations in which you cannot boot your
-PC. If you can boot your PC, it is not really a disaster, is it? :)
+machine. If you can boot your machine, it is not really a disaster, is it? :)
 Well, if you have wiped out your priceless collection of "MTV's
 Bjork Unplugged" MP3's, perhaps it is. Anyway, just type this as
@@ -2463 +2463 @@
 </listitem>
 <listitem>
-<para>What sort of PC you are using, including hard disk configurations (results of dmidecode, lshw, fdisk -l are useful here)</para>
+<para>What sort of machine you are using, including hard disk configurations (results of dmidecode, lshw, fdisk -l are useful here)</para>
 </listitem>
 </itemizedlist>
@@ -2500 +2500 @@
 The more distributions we support, the more moving targets we have to
 hit. Please bear this in mind when e-mailing the list. :) If you
-would like to help us by beta-testing Mondo (or Mindi) on your PC
+would like to help us by beta-testing Mondo (or Mindi) on your machine
 then we would be very interested in working with you to work around
 the eccentricities of your Linux distro. However, rest assured, 90%
@@ -2627 +2627 @@
 <qandaentry>
 <question><para>Q: Can I create a Mondo CD and then use
-                it to create an archive of any OS on any PC?</para></question>
+                it to create an archive of any OS on any machine?</para></question>
 <answer>
 <para>A: Not yet. You can use Mondo to backup Linux or
@@ -2703 +2703 @@
 support. Take a look at <link linkend="overview-sysrq-kernelreq">Linux
 Kernel support</link> to see what your kernel must support. (Of
-course, if your PC has less than 64MB of RAM, you could always...
+course, if your machine has less than 64MB of RAM, you could always...
 what's the phrase? I know, upgrade your RAM!)</para>
 </answer>