1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/chapter02/creatingfilesystem.xml b/chapter02/creatingfilesystem.xml
index fcea5457c..1d3a66956 100644
--- a/chapter02/creatingfilesystem.xml
+++ b/chapter02/creatingfilesystem.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ url="&blfs-root;view/svn/postlfs/filesystems.html"/>.</para>
 
 <para>To create an ext2 file system on the LFS partition, run the following:</para>
 
-<screen role="nodump"><userinput>mke2fs /dev/<replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable></userinput></screen>
+<screen role="nodump"><userinput>mke2fs -v /dev/<replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable></userinput></screen>
 
 <para>Replace <replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable> with the name of the LFS
 partition (<filename class="devicefile">hda5</filename> in our previous example).</para>
@@ -38,22 +38,22 @@ stock e2fsprogs package and use the resulting binaries to re-create the
 filesystem on your LFS partition:</para>
 
 <screen role="nodump"><userinput>cd /tmp
-tar xjf /path/to/sources/e2fsprogs-&e2fsprogs-version;.tar.bz2
+tar -xjvf /path/to/sources/e2fsprogs-&e2fsprogs-version;.tar.bz2
 cd e2fsprogs-&e2fsprogs-version;
-mkdir build
+mkdir -v build
 cd build
 ../configure
 make #note that we intentionally don't 'make install' here!
-./misc/mke2fs /dev/<replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable>
+./misc/mke2fs -v /dev/<replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable>
 cd /tmp
-rm -rf e2fsprogs-&e2fsprogs-version;</userinput></screen>
+rm -rfv e2fsprogs-&e2fsprogs-version;</userinput></screen>
 </note>
 
 <para>If a swap partition was created, it will need to be initialized for use by
 issuing the command below. If you are using an existing swap partition, there is
 no need to format it.</para>
 
-<screen role="nodump"><userinput>mkswap /dev/<replaceable>[yyy]</replaceable></userinput></screen>
+<screen role="nodump"><userinput>mkswap -v /dev/<replaceable>[yyy]</replaceable></userinput></screen>
 
 <para>Replace <replaceable>[yyy]</replaceable> with the name of the swap
 partition.</para>