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@@ -16,18 +16,18 @@ system, but build instructions for other file systems can be found at
<para>To create an ext2 file system on the LFS partition run the following:</para>
-<screen><userinput>mke2fs /dev/xxx</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>mke2fs /dev/<replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable></userinput></screen>
-<para>Replace <filename>xxx</filename> with the name of the LFS partition
+<para>Replace <replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable> with the name of the LFS partition
(something like <filename>hda5</filename>).</para>
<para>If you created a (new) swap partition you need to initialize it as a
swap partition too (also known as formatting, like you did above with
-<userinput>mke2fs</userinput>) by running:</para>
+<command>mke2fs</command>) by running:</para>
-<screen><userinput>mkswap /dev/yyy</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>mkswap /dev/<replaceable>[yyy]</replaceable></userinput></screen>
-<para>Replace <filename>yyy</filename> with the name of the swap
+<para>Replace <replaceable>[yyy]</replaceable> with the name of the swap
partition.</para>
</sect1>