From owner-freebsd-doc Sat Feb 8 18:30:12 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88AFA37B401 for ; Sat, 8 Feb 2003 18:30:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FEB643FAF for ; Sat, 8 Feb 2003 18:30:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h192UBNS024288 for ; Sat, 8 Feb 2003 18:30:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id h192UA3L024287; Sat, 8 Feb 2003 18:30:10 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2003 18:30:10 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200302090230.h192UA3L024287@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: swear@attbi.com (Gary W. Swearingen) Subject: Re: docs/48101: There's no documentation on the fixit disk anywhere. Reply-To: swear@attbi.com (Gary W. Swearingen) Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR docs/48101; it has been noted by GNATS. From: swear@attbi.com (Gary W. Swearingen) To: Mike Meyer Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/48101: There's no documentation on the fixit disk anywhere. Date: 08 Feb 2003 18:25:41 -0800 > > The fixit disk is used when your systems root file "system's root" I'm not sure if you mean this paragraph to apply to both floppy and CDROM. Isn't the purpose of the CDROM broader than just / repair? I thought this para was about the floppy until I got to the third para and became unsure. If it's about both, "The" should be "A", since "The" sound like there's only one (kind). Maybe mention floppy & CDROM here. > > system cannot be mounted read-only at boot time. The sole AFAIK, the FAQ uses only "filesystem" and not "file system". Same below.. > > purpose of the disk is to repair the root file system so you > > can mount it, and continue the process of bringing up the Better without comma. (The sentence naturally divides before "so".) > > The fixit CDROM has most of the functionality of a > > complete FreeBSD install. It does not have > > /stand, but /bin, > > /sbin, /usr/bin Comma at end? > > and /usr/sbin are all there. You ... > > Other useful commands are &man.ed.1; and whatever you > > use to restore from backups. Ed can be used to repair broken "The &man.ed.1 command can" > > > > It is advisable to use &man.fdisk.8; - if appropriate - Dare to just advise it: "Use &man.fdisk.8..." Or use true weasel words: "Many people use..." or "It's helpful to use...". To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message