From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 15 20:49:20 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: doc@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66C2016A41F; Thu, 15 Sep 2005 20:49:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from garys@opusnet.com) Received: from opusnet.com (mail.opusnet.com [209.210.200.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1134A43D46; Thu, 15 Sep 2005 20:49:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from garys@opusnet.com) Received: from localhost.localhost [70.98.246.232] by opusnet.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-8.05) id AE3C6683008A; Thu, 15 Sep 2005 13:49:00 -0700 Received: from localhost.localhost (localhost.localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localhost (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j8FKoMCs088522; Thu, 15 Sep 2005 13:50:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from garys@opusnet.com) Received: (from jojo@localhost) by localhost.localhost (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id j8FKoH6m088521; Thu, 15 Sep 2005 13:50:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from garys@opusnet.com) To: "Kevin Oberman" References: <20050915175243.1091A5D09@ptavv.es.net> From: garys@opusnet.com (Gary W. Swearingen) Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 13:50:17 -0700 In-Reply-To: <20050915175243.1091A5D09@ptavv.es.net> (Kevin Oberman's message of "Thu, 15 Sep 2005 10:52:43 -0700") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) XEmacs/21.4.17 (Jumbo Shrimp, berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: doc@freebsd.org, Giorgos Keramidas Subject: Re: RFC: second try at improving Handbook's boot manager text X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 20:49:20 -0000 "Kevin Oberman" writes: >> + possibly with the help the BIOS. > of----------------^ Thanks for finding that. >> + The code within the MBR is usually referred to as a boot >> + manager, especially when it interacts with the user; in this case > . I------------------^ >> + the boot manager usually also has more code in the first >> + track of the disk or within some OS's file system. (A (Too long, huh? I like semi-colons too much. In high school, an English uber-teacher asked for a 15-sentence story, and I wrote some very long sentences that she uncharacteristically accepted, semicolons and all. A roommate showed me a book he was reading that had sentences which ran on for pages; maybe a whole chapter, I forget.) I've changed it, thanks. >> + remainder of the operating system. The MBR installed by &man.fdisk.8;, >> + by default, is such an MBR; it is based on /boot/mbr. > . I-------------------^ (This one is debatable and there > is no clear right/wrong issue.) Yeah, I like that one. It would be better with "it's" (but we have a lame rule against it). But I can see that the last phrase has nothing to do with the first except it = MBR, so I'll change that one too.