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| author | David Bryant <david@davidcbryant.net> | 2022-12-21 10:42:53 -0600 |
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| committer | David Bryant <david@davidcbryant.net> | 2022-12-21 10:42:53 -0600 |
| commit | c1fec3a92268a67d06233d9fe093c02d0e3f6dfc (patch) | |
| tree | 55b7f49476090f38f5b31f6e5ba87f8800488e2a | |
| parent | c30b3ccf262e52464a6aba15de0f42990de2e1d4 (diff) | |
Improved English idiom; clarified a few descriptions of scripts.
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter09/bootscripts.xml | 14 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/chapter09/bootscripts.xml b/chapter09/bootscripts.xml index cb88a9fd8..fbffa76df 100644 --- a/chapter09/bootscripts.xml +++ b/chapter09/bootscripts.xml @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ <term><command>checkfs</command></term> <listitem> <para>Checks the integrity of the file systems before they are mounted - (with the exception of journal and network based file systems)</para> + (with the exception of journaling and network-based file systems)</para> <indexterm zone="ch-config-bootscripts checkfs-bootscripts"> <primary sortas="d-checkfs">checkfs</primary> </indexterm> @@ -173,8 +173,8 @@ <varlistentry id="mountfs-bootscripts"> <term><command>mountfs</command></term> <listitem> - <para>Mounts all file systems, except ones that are marked - <emphasis>noauto</emphasis> or are network based</para> + <para>Mounts all file systems, except those that are marked + <emphasis>noauto</emphasis>, or are network based</para> <indexterm zone="ch-config-bootscripts mountfs-bootscripts"> <primary sortas="d-mountfs">mountfs</primary> </indexterm> @@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ <listitem> <para>The master run-level control script; it is responsible for running all the other bootscripts one-by-one, in a sequence determined - by the name of the symbolic links being processed</para> + by the names of the symbolic links to those other bootscripts</para> <indexterm zone="ch-config-bootscripts rc-bootscripts"> <primary sortas="d-rc">rc</primary> </indexterm> @@ -239,8 +239,8 @@ <varlistentry id="setclock-bootscripts"> <term><command>setclock</command></term> <listitem> - <para>Resets the kernel clock to local time in case the hardware clock - is not set to UTC time</para> + <para>Resets the system clock to local time if the hardware clock + is not set to UTC</para> <indexterm zone="ch-config-bootscripts setclock-bootscripts"> <primary sortas="d-setclock">setclock</primary> </indexterm> @@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ <term><command>udev</command></term> <listitem> <para>Prepares the <filename class="directory">/dev</filename> - directory and starts Udev</para> + directory and starts the udev daemon</para> <indexterm zone="ch-config-bootscripts udev-bootscripts"> <primary sortas="d-udev">udev</primary> </indexterm> |