Module Name: src
Committed By: wiz
Date: Mon Nov 15 21:39:12 UTC 2010
Modified Files:
src/distrib/notes/bebox: prep
Log Message:
Wording improvements.
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.1 -r1.2 src/distrib/notes/bebox/prep
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Modified files:
Index: src/distrib/notes/bebox/prep
diff -u src/distrib/notes/bebox/prep:1.1 src/distrib/notes/bebox/prep:1.2
--- src/distrib/notes/bebox/prep:1.1 Sat Nov 13 05:20:21 2010
+++ src/distrib/notes/bebox/prep Mon Nov 15 21:39:12 2010
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: prep,v 1.1 2010/11/13 05:20:21 kiyohara Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: prep,v 1.2 2010/11/15 21:39:12 wiz Exp $
.
.Pp
.
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@
.Pp
The
.Nx*M
-doesn't support to create/read/write both file systems.
+doesn't support creating/reading/writing either of the file systems.
.Pp
-However nbpowerpc-mkbootimage can create the image of Old Be file system for
-floppy.
+However, nbpowerpc-mkbootimage can create an image using the Old
+Be file system for writing to a floppy.
.
.Ss2 Preparing the Bootable Media
.
@@ -29,18 +29,18 @@
.Pp
Go to one of the
.Nx
-mirror sites and download floppy image from the
+mirror sites and download a floppy image from the
.Pa bebox/installation/floppy/
directory named boot.fs or boot_vga.fs or boot_com.fs.
.Pp
-boot.fs can boot with frame buffer. If you look the 'Be' logo on your screen
-then use this. Use boot_vga.fs, if not.
+boot.fs can boot with a frame buffer. If you see the 'Be' logo on your screen
+then use this. If not, use boot_vga.fs.
.Pp
.(disp
.No # Ic "dd if=boot.fs of=/dev/rfd0a bs=18k"
.disp)
.Pp
-If you have a x86 PC which runs
+If you have an x86 PC which runs
.Tn Windows
and use it to write the floppy image(s) to floppy disk,
you can use the
@@ -53,15 +53,16 @@
.Nx
distribution.
.Pp
-Also you can create boot.fs.
+Also you can create boot.fs in the following way:
.Pp
.(disp
.No # Ic "nbpowerpc-mkbootimage -I -m bebox -b mdec/boot/boot boot.fs"
.disp)
.
-.Ss2 Loading kernel from Hard disk and Floppy disk.
+.Ss2 Loading the kernel from hard disk or floppy disk
.
-boot supports load kernel from Hard disk and Floppy disk connect to onboard.
+boot supports loading a kernel from hard disk or floppy disk
+connected directly onboard.
.
.(bullet -compact
Loading a kernel from the 'a' partition on master IDE disk:
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@
.disp)
.Pp
.It
-Loading a kernel from the Floppy disk:
+Loading a kernel from a floppy disk:
.(disp
.Ic /dev/disk/floppy:/netbsd
.disp)
