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| author | Matthew Burgess <matthew@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2005-05-12 21:46:28 +0000 |
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| committer | Matthew Burgess <matthew@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2005-05-12 21:46:28 +0000 |
| commit | 296762cd02ce492bdbd6c889b94bbe6974c34f41 (patch) | |
| tree | 47956cec364fc077cd278a6c76c24d516de722ce /chapter02/creatingfilesystem.xml | |
| parent | a86df627670f914d4e75076e4ee99385fa67f4fc (diff) | |
Wording and tagging improvements
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@5318 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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diff --git a/chapter02/creatingfilesystem.xml b/chapter02/creatingfilesystem.xml index 481433919..06bd5149a 100644 --- a/chapter02/creatingfilesystem.xml +++ b/chapter02/creatingfilesystem.xml @@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ <para>Now that a blank partition has been set up, the file system can be created. The most widely-used system in the Linux world is the -second extended file system (ext2), but with the newer high-capacity -hard disks, the journaling file systems are becoming increasingly -popular. Here we will create an ext2 file system, but build +second extended file system (ext2), but with newer high-capacity +hard disks, journaling file systems are becoming increasingly +popular. We will create an ext2 file system, however build instructions for other file systems can be found at <ulink url="&blfs-root;view/svn/postlfs/filesystems.html"/>.</para> @@ -50,8 +50,7 @@ rm -rf e2fsprogs-&e2fsprogs-version;</userinput></screen> </note> <para>If a swap partition was created, it will need to be initialized -as a swap partition too (also known as formatting, as described above -with <command>mke2fs</command>) by running the following. If you are using an existing +as a swap partition by using the command below. If you are using an existing swap partition, there is no need to format it.</para> <screen><userinput>mkswap /dev/<replaceable>[yyy]</replaceable></userinput></screen> |