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| author | Gerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2009-05-24 16:41:49 +0000 |
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| committer | Gerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2009-05-24 16:41:49 +0000 |
| commit | 2f3f2225bc72ad13465d0ef0f9c99f8ce19d365f (patch) | |
| tree | 8ed43596e275259df8c9d906cf2c51c6f4373240 /prologue | |
| parent | ee95f792fcfff4722c4c9cc1afabefb01ed4a16f (diff) | |
Couple more Preface edits.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@8913 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
Diffstat (limited to 'prologue')
| -rw-r--r-- | prologue/hostreqs.xml | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | prologue/typography.xml | 10 |
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/prologue/hostreqs.xml b/prologue/hostreqs.xml index c49bc710d..f8bf7cefd 100644 --- a/prologue/hostreqs.xml +++ b/prologue/hostreqs.xml @@ -92,11 +92,11 @@ <para>If the host kernel is either earlier than 2.6.x, or it was not compiled using a GCC-3.0 (or later) compiler, you will have to replace - the kernel with one adhering to the specifications. There are two methods - you can take to solve this. First, see if your Linux vendor provides a + the kernel with one adhering to the specifications. There are two +ways you can go about this.First, see if your Linux vendor provides a 2.6 kernel package. If so, you may wish to install it. If your vendor doesn't offer a 2.6 kernel package, or you would prefer not to install it, - then you can compile a 2.6 kernel yourself. Instructions for compiling the + you can compile a 2.6 kernel yourself. Instructions for compiling the kernel and configuring the boot loader (assuming the host uses GRUB) are located in <xref linkend="chapter-bootable"/>.</para> diff --git a/prologue/typography.xml b/prologue/typography.xml index 801985807..cf129a5ac 100644 --- a/prologue/typography.xml +++ b/prologue/typography.xml @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ EOF</userinput></screen> <para>This format is used when creating configuration files. The first command tells the system to create the file <filename>$LFS/etc/group</filename> from - whatever is typed on the following lines until the sequence end of file (EOF) + whatever is typed on the following lines until the sequence End Of File (EOF) is encountered. Therefore, this entire section is generally typed as seen.</para> @@ -70,14 +70,12 @@ EOF</userinput></screen> <para><filename>passwd(5)</filename></para> - <para>This format is used to refer to a specific manual page (hereinafter - referred to simply as a <quote>man</quote> page). The number inside parentheses - indicates a specific section inside of <command>man</command>. For example, + <para>This format is used to refer to a specific manual (man) page. The number inside parentheses + indicates a specific section inside the manuals. For example, <command>passwd</command> has two man pages. Per LFS installation instructions, those two man pages will be located at <filename>/usr/share/man/man1/passwd.1</filename> and - <filename>/usr/share/man/man5/passwd.5</filename>. Both man pages have different - information in them. When the book uses <filename>passwd(5)</filename> it is + <filename>/usr/share/man/man5/passwd.5</filename>. When the book uses <filename>passwd(5)</filename> it is specifically referring to <filename>/usr/share/man/man5/passwd.5</filename>. <command>man passwd</command> will print the first man page it finds that matches <quote>passwd</quote>, which will be |