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authorAlex Gronenwoud <alex@linuxfromscratch.org>2003-09-14 21:46:24 +0000
committerAlex Gronenwoud <alex@linuxfromscratch.org>2003-09-14 21:46:24 +0000
commit980599daa5efe817c304e3bbc64d82335c9475c4 (patch)
treead2653b39d358260fda88788d23e62e487afb7a4 /chapter08/grub.xml
parentfa2e6935d752ce276379bd57a1e8820cdda7ad9c (diff)
Changing a few it's to its, and fixing other typos.
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@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ we need to ensure we can boot it. To do this, we will run the grub program.</pa
<para><screen><userinput>grub</userinput></screen></para>
-<para>Grub uses it's own naming structure for drives, in the form of hd(a,b),
-where a is the hard drive number, and b is the partition number, both of which
-start from zero. So, partition hda1 would be (hd0,0) to grub, and hdb2 would
+<para>Grub uses its own naming structure for drives, in the form of (hdn,m),
+where n is the hard drive number, and m is the partition number, both of which
+start from zero. So, partition hda1 would be (hd0,0) to Grub, and hdb2 would
be (hd1,1). Also, Grub doesn't pay attention to CDROM drives at all, so if,
for example, you have a CD on hdb, and a second hard drive on hdc, partitions
-on that second hard drive would still be (hd1,b).</para>
+on that second hard drive would still be (hd1,m).</para>
<para>So, using the information above, select the appropriate designator for
your root partition. For the purposes of this, we will assume (hd0,3) for
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ your root partition. First, we tell grub where to find its files:</para>
setup (hd0)
quit</userinput></screen></para>
-<para>This tells grub to look for its files on hda4 (hd0,3), and install itself
+<para>This tells Grub to look for its files on hda4 (hd0,3), and install itself
into the MBR (Master Boot Record) of hda.</para>
<para>Also, we need to create the <filename>menu.lst</filename> file, which
@@ -67,9 +67,10 @@ rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1
EOF</userinput></screen></para>
-<para>You can find more info regarding Grub on it's web site, located at:
-<ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/grub"/>, as well as the LFS Grub HOWTO
-located at: <ulink url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/downloads/files/grub-howto.txt"/>.</para>
+<para>You can find more info regarding Grub on its web site, located at:
+<ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/grub"/>, as well as in the LFS Grub
+HOWTO located at:
+<ulink url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/downloads/files/grub-howto.txt"/>.</para>
</sect1>