Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2001 20:55:14 +0300 (EEST) From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: docs/28777: various typo and tag fixes in articles/formatting-media Message-ID: <200107061755.f66HtEa05240@hades.hell.gr>
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>Number: 28777
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: various typo and tag fixes in articles/formatting-media
>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: Fri Jul 06 11:40:01 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Giorgos Keramidas
>Release: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD hades.hell.gr 5.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT #0: Sun Jun 24 18:34:43 EEST 2001 root@hades.hell.gr:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CHARON i386
>Description:
The attached patch corrects various typos that I found in
articles/formatting-media. It also adds <filename> or
<devicename> tags around device names, in some places.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
--- patch begins here ---
Index: en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/formatting-media/article.sgml
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/ncvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/formatting-media/article.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.16
diff -u -r1.16 article.sgml
--- en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/formatting-media/article.sgml 2001/06/04 03:04:38 1.16
+++ en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/formatting-media/article.sgml 2001/07/06 17:51:04
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
composed of contiguous sectors. Slices are recorded in a
<quote>slice table</quote> used by the system BIOS to
locate bootable partitions. The slice table is usually
- called the Partition Table in DOS parlance. Maintained by
+ called the <quote>partition table</quote> in DOS parlance. Maintained by
the fdisk utility.</para>
</listitem>
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
</step>
<step>
- <para>When warned about Writing on installed systems, answer
+ <para>When warned about writing on installed systems, answer
<command>Yes</command>.</para>
</step>
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@
<step>
<para>Enter <command>W</command> when done and confirm to
continue. The filesystem will be newfs'd for you, unless
- you select otherwise (for news partitions you'll want to
+ you select otherwise (for new partitions you'll want to
do this!). You'll get the error:
<informalexample>
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@
<sect2>
<title>Making Dedicated Mode Disks Using the Command Line</title>
- <para>Execute the following commands, replacing ad2 with the
+ <para>Execute the following commands, replacing <devicename>ad2</devicename> with the
disk name.</para>
<informalexample>
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@
<para>The command line is the easiest way to make dedicated
disks, and the worst way to make compatibility disks. The
- command-line fdisk utility requires higher math skills and an
+ command-line <command>fdisk</command> utility requires higher math skills and an
in-depth understanding of the slice table, which is more than
most people want to deal with. Use sysinstall for
compatibility disks, as described below.</para>
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@
<step>
<para>The filesystem will be newfs'd for you, unless you
- select otherwise (for news partitions you'll want to do
+ select otherwise (for new partitions you'll want to do
this!). You'll get the error:
<informalexample>
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@
</programlisting>
</informalexample>
- <para>Change /dev/ad0b to the device of the newly added
+ <para>Change <filename>/dev/ad0b</filename> to the device of the newly added
space.</para>
</step>
@@ -591,13 +591,11 @@
be at least 128 kB, and it should not be not be a power of 2.</para>
<para>Now you can mount and use your CCD by referencing device
- /dev/ccd0c.</para>
-<para>
-A more powerful and flexible alternative to CCD is Vinum. See the <ulink
-URL="http://www.vinumvm.org/">Vinum Project home page</ulink> for further
-details
-</para>
+ <filename>/dev/ccd0c</filename>.</para>
+ <para>A more powerful and flexible alternative to CCD is Vinum. See the
+ <ulink URL="http://www.vinumvm.org/">Vinum Project home page</ulink>
+ for further details.</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
--- patch ends here ---
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