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| -rw-r--r-- | chapter07/bootscripts.xml | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter07/console.xml | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter07/network.xml | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter07/setclock.xml | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter07/udev.xml | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter07/usage.xml | 2 |
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diff --git a/chapter07/bootscripts.xml b/chapter07/bootscripts.xml index 06c146571..16205f3d7 100644 --- a/chapter07/bootscripts.xml +++ b/chapter07/bootscripts.xml @@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ sets the screen font</para> <varlistentry id="functions-bootscripts"> <term><command>functions</command></term> <listitem> -<para>Contains common functions that are used by several bootscripts, such as -error and status checking</para> +<para>Contains common functions, such as error and status checking, that are +used by several bootscripts</para> <indexterm zone="ch-scripts-bootscripts functions-bootscripts"><primary sortas="d-functions">functions</primary></indexterm> </listitem> </varlistentry> diff --git a/chapter07/console.xml b/chapter07/console.xml index 1780d790b..71d9f7c1a 100644 --- a/chapter07/console.xml +++ b/chapter07/console.xml @@ -13,10 +13,9 @@ <para>This section discusses how to configure the <command>console</command> bootscript that sets up the keyboard map and the console font. If non-ASCII -characters (British pound and Euro character are examples of non-ASCII -characters) will not be used and the keyboard is a U.S. one, skip this section. -Without the configuration file, the <command>console</command> bootscript will -do nothing.</para> +characters (e.g., the British pound sign and Euro character) will not be used +and the keyboard is a U.S. one, skip this section. Without the configuration +file, the <command>console</command> bootscript will do nothing.</para> <para>The <command>console</command> script reads the <filename>/etc/sysconfig/console</filename> file for configuration information. diff --git a/chapter07/network.xml b/chapter07/network.xml index 4dbbdd293..56b6ae68b 100644 --- a/chapter07/network.xml +++ b/chapter07/network.xml @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ the network script will bring up the Network Interface Card (NIC) during booting of the system. If set to anything but <quote>yes</quote> the NIC will be ignored by the network script and not be brought up.</para> -<para>The <envar>SERVICE</envar> variable defines the method used in obtaining +<para>The <envar>SERVICE</envar> variable defines the method used for obtaining the IP address. The LFS-Bootscripts package has a modular IP assignment format, and creating additional files in the <filename class="directory">/etc/sysconfig/network-devices/services</filename> directory diff --git a/chapter07/setclock.xml b/chapter07/setclock.xml index a032d8cf5..76d69bef9 100644 --- a/chapter07/setclock.xml +++ b/chapter07/setclock.xml @@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ clock, also known as the BIOS or the Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor hardware clock's time to the local time using the <filename>/etc/localtime</filename> file (which tells the <command>hwclock</command> program which timezone the user is in). There is no -way to detect whether or not the hardware clock is set to UTC time, so this +way to detect whether or not the hardware clock is set to UTC, so this needs to be configured manually.</para> -<para>If you cannot remember whether or not the hardware clock is set to UTC -time, find out by running the <userinput>hwclock --localtime --show</userinput> +<para>If you cannot remember whether or not the hardware clock is set to UTC, +find out by running the <userinput>hwclock --localtime --show</userinput> command. This will display what the current time is according to the hardware clock. If this time matches whatever your watch says, then the hardware clock is set to local time. If the output from <command>hwclock</command> is not local diff --git a/chapter07/udev.xml b/chapter07/udev.xml index 7cbee0ab8..667baea83 100644 --- a/chapter07/udev.xml +++ b/chapter07/udev.xml @@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ To solve this, the <command>S05modules</command> bootscript was added to the LFS-Bootscripts package, along with the <filename>/etc/sysconfig/modules</filename> file. By adding module names to the <filename>modules</filename> file, these modules will be loaded when the -computer is starts up. This allows <command>udev</command> to detect the devices +computer starts up. This allows <command>udev</command> to detect the devices and create the appropriate device nodes.</para> <para>Note that on slower machines or for drivers that create a lot diff --git a/chapter07/usage.xml b/chapter07/usage.xml index 9e6672d3e..3f7862daa 100644 --- a/chapter07/usage.xml +++ b/chapter07/usage.xml @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ particular Linux distribution, they should work the same in LFS too. LFS has its own way of doing things, but it respects generally accepted standards.</para> <para>SysVinit (which will be referred to as <quote>init</quote> from now on) -works using a run-levels scheme. There are seven (from 0 to 6) run-levels +works using a run-levels scheme. There are seven (numbered 0 to 6) run-levels (actually, there are more run-levels, but they are for special cases and are generally not used. The init manual page describes those details), and each one of those corresponds to the actions the computer is supposed to perform when it |