Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 13:37:43 +0200 (CEST) From: Christian Brueffer <chris@unixpages.org> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/40951: Various fixes for the solid-state article Message-ID: <20020724113743.C5E95ABB3@milan.hitnet.rwth-aachen.de>
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>Number: 40951
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: Various fixes for the solid-state article
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Wed Jul 24 04:40:01 PDT 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Christian Brueffer
>Release: FreeBSD 4.6-STABLE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD milan.hitnet.rwth-aachen.de 4.6-STABLE FreeBSD 4.6-STABLE #2: Fri Jun 28 12:47:08 CEST 2002 chris@milan.hitnet.rwth-aachen.de:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/LORIEN i386
>Description:
Various fixes for the solid-state article, including typos
and missing tags
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
--- patch begins here ---
--- article.sgml.orig Wed Jul 24 12:33:57 2002
+++ article.sgml Wed Jul 24 13:33:05 2002
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
<para>First, all embedded FreeBSD systems that use flash memory as system
disk will be interested in memory disks and memory filesystems. Because
of the limited number of writes that can be done to flash memory, the
- disk and the filesystems no the disk will most likely be mounted
+ disk and the filesystems on the disk will most likely be mounted
read-only. In this environment, filesystems such as
<filename>/tmp</filename> and <filename>/var</filename> are mounted as
memory filesystems to allow the system to create logs and update
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
read-only. Remember that in <xref linkend="intro"> we detailed the
limitations of flash memory - specifically the limited write capability.
The importance of not mounting filesystems on flash media read-write,
- and the importance of not using a swap file cannot be overstated. A
+ and the importance of not using a swap file, cannot be overstated. A
swap file on a busy system can burn through a piece of flash media in
less than one year. Heavy logging or temporary file creation and
destruction can do the same. Therefore, in addition to removing the
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@
by pressing the <keycap>w</keycap> key (this is a hidden option on
this screen). When presented with a menu to choose a boot manager,
take care to select <literal>None</literal> if you are using an
- M-Systems Disk-On-Chip. If you are using a ATA compatible compact
+ M-Systems Disk-On-Chip. If you are using an ATA compatible compact
flash card, you should choose the FreeBSD Boot Manager. Now press
the <keycap>q</keycap> key to quit the partition menu. You will be
shown the boot manager menu once more - repeat the choice you made
@@ -333,8 +333,8 @@
of the file from <literal>ESDI</literal> to
<literal>DOC2K</literal>. Next, regardless of whether you are using
Disk-On-Chip or ATA compatible compact flash media, you need to add
- an a: line at the end of the file. This <literal>a:</literal> line
- should look like:</para>
+ an <literal>a:</literal> line at the end of the file. This
+ <literal>a:</literal> line should look like:</para>
<programlisting>a: <replaceable>123456</replaceable> 0 4.2BSD 0 0</programlisting>
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@
<procedure>
<step>
- <para>Obtain an existing kern.flp image file</para>
+ <para>Obtain an existing <filename>kern.flp</filename> image file</para>
</step>
<step>
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@
<para>To make it possible to enter a ports directory and successfully
run <command>make install</command>, it is necessary for the file
- <filename>/var/db/port.mkversion</filename> to exist, and that it have
+ <filename>/var/db/port.mkversion</filename> to exist, and that it has
a correct date in it. Further, we must create a packages directory on
a non-memory filesystem that will keep track of our packages across
reboots. Because it is necessary to mount your filesystems as
@@ -599,8 +599,8 @@
<para>Apache keeps pid files and logs in
<filename><replaceable>apache_install</replaceable>/logs</filename>.
- Since this directory no doubt exists on a read-only filesystem, this
- will not work. It is necessary to add a new directory to the
+ Since this directory, without a doubt, exists on a read-only filesystem,
+ this will not work. It is necessary to add a new directory to the
<filename>/etc/rc.diskless2</filename> list of directories to create
in <filename>/var</filename>, to link
<filename><replaceable>apache_install</replaceable>/logs</filename> to
--- patch ends here ---
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