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* Clarified that use of the "Write Boot Sector" button of Installer.

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* Clarified the intent of OptionalPackages a bit on the Welcome page. (Unless it
  should be removed completely. This is for an alpha-release, though...)


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@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ The second drop-down menu specifies the target for the installation. This target
<p>Clicking the little expander widget will <i>Show Optional Packages</i>, if available, that you can choose to install in addition to the basic Haiku.</p>
<p>You should do a last check if you really picked the right target before starting the installation process. Click on <span class="button">Setup partitions...</span> to open <a href="drivesetup.html">DriveSetup</a> and have a look at the naming and layout of the available volumes and partitions.</p>
<p><span class="button">Begin</span> starts the installation procedure, which basically copies everything but the <span class="path">home/</span> and <span class="path">common/</span> folder onto the target volume and makes it bootable.</p>
<p>It can happen that some other operating system or partitioning tool (accidentally) overwrites the boot sector of your Haiku volume. The button <span class="button">Write Boot Sector</span> makes it bootable again.</p>
<p>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 <span class="button">Write Boot Sector</span> to make it bootable again.</p>
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<a href="#logo"><img src="./images/up.png" align="right" alt="index" border="0" class="noprint" /></a>
<a id="software" name="software">Installing more software</a></h1>
<p>Because of our binary and source compatibility, many BeOS applications run on Haiku. After downloading a package, simply unzip it (double clicking opens <span class="app">Expander</span>) to <span class="path">/boot/apps/</span> and start the application from there.</p>
<div class="box-info">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 <span class="path">/</span>.</div>
<div class="box-info">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 <span class="path">/</span>.<br />
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.</div>
<p>Popular software repositories are:</p>
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<li><a href="http://haiku-files.org/files/optional-packages/" class="printurl">OptionalPackages</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.haikuware.com" class="printurl">Haikuware</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.bebits.com" class="printurl">BeBits</a></li>
<li><a href="http://ports.haiku-files.org/" class="printurl">HaikuPorts</a> maintains patches for ported software</li>
<li><a href="http://www.osdrawer.net/" class="printurl">OsDrawer</a> hosts native BeOS and Haiku open source software projects</li>
<li><a href="http://haiku-files.org/files/optional-packages/" class="printurl">OptionalPackages</a> are mostly used when building Haiku from source</li>
</ul>
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