diff --git a/docs/userguide/en/applications/installer.html b/docs/userguide/en/applications/installer.html index e79a2355ba..e347950705 100644 --- a/docs/userguide/en/applications/installer.html +++ b/docs/userguide/en/applications/installer.html @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ The second drop-down menu specifies the target for the installation. This target

Clicking the little expander widget will Show Optional Packages, if available, that you can choose to install in addition to the basic Haiku.

You should do a last check if you really picked the right target before starting the installation process. Click on Setup partitions... to open DriveSetup and have a look at the naming and layout of the available volumes and partitions.

Begin starts the installation procedure, which basically copies everything but the home/ and common/ folder onto the target volume and makes it bootable.

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It can happen that some other operating system or partitioning tool (accidentally) overwrites the boot sector of your Haiku volume. The button Write Boot Sector makes it bootable again.

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At the end of the installation procedure, the partition is automatically made bootable. However, it can happen that some other operating system or partitioning tool (accidentally) overwrites the boot sector of your Haiku volume. In this case, boot you installation CD, start the Installer and click Write Boot Sector to make it bootable again.

diff --git a/docs/welcome/welcome.html b/docs/welcome/welcome.html index f4593e6e0f..a53e285c95 100644 --- a/docs/welcome/welcome.html +++ b/docs/welcome/welcome.html @@ -58,15 +58,16 @@ index Installing more software

Because of our binary and source compatibility, many BeOS applications run on Haiku. After downloading a package, simply unzip it (double clicking opens Expander) to /boot/apps/ and start the application from there.

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An exception are OptionalPackages, which are normally included when building Haiku directly from source. Those can, however, also be downloaded and added to any running Haiku system. The only difference to normal archives: you have to unzip directly to root /.
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An exception are OptionalPackages, which are normally included when building Haiku directly from source. Those can, however, also be downloaded and added to any running Haiku system. The only difference to normal archives: you have to unzip directly to root /.
+For debugging purposes the OptionalPackage site keeps older versions which are not compatible with newer Haiku revisions. OptionalPackages are primarily for developers, less so for end-users.

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