Module Name: src
Committed By: wiz
Date: Mon Apr 25 22:26:30 UTC 2011
Modified Files:
src/share/man/man8/man8.i386: dosboot.8 mbr.8
Log Message:
Spelling.
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.20 -r1.21 src/share/man/man8/man8.i386/dosboot.8
cvs rdiff -u -r1.3 -r1.4 src/share/man/man8/man8.i386/mbr.8
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Modified files:
Index: src/share/man/man8/man8.i386/dosboot.8
diff -u src/share/man/man8/man8.i386/dosboot.8:1.20 src/share/man/man8/man8.i386/dosboot.8:1.21
--- src/share/man/man8/man8.i386/dosboot.8:1.20 Mon May 18 14:46:51 2009
+++ src/share/man/man8/man8.i386/dosboot.8 Mon Apr 25 22:26:29 2011
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: dosboot.8,v 1.20 2009/05/18 14:46:51 wiz Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: dosboot.8,v 1.21 2011/04/25 22:26:29 wiz Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1997
.\" Matthias Drochner. All rights reserved.
@@ -69,9 +69,9 @@
.Nm
will present a prompt, allowing input of commands (see below).
.It Fl u
-Boot from a UFS filesystem instead of an
+Boot from a UFS file system instead of an
.Tn MS-DOS
-filesystem.
+file system.
.It Ar path
Specifies the kernel file.
In
@@ -85,10 +85,10 @@
.Ic mode ufs
command), a path in a
.Nx
-filesystem is expected.
+file system is expected.
By default, the file is looked up in partition
.Sq a
-of the first harddisk.
+of the first hard disk.
Another device or partition can be specified
by prepending a block device name in terms of
.Nx ,
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
.Xr boot 8
for full details.
.It Ic dev Op device
-Set the default device and partition for subsequent filesystem operations.
+Set the default device and partition for subsequent file system operations.
Without an operand, print the current setting.
This setting doesn't apply to
.Tn MS-DOS
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
.Pa path
can contain a device specification.
.It Ic mode Va fstype
-Switch filesystem type;
+Switch file system type;
.Va fstype
should be one of
.Ar dos
Index: src/share/man/man8/man8.i386/mbr.8
diff -u src/share/man/man8/man8.i386/mbr.8:1.3 src/share/man/man8/man8.i386/mbr.8:1.4
--- src/share/man/man8/man8.i386/mbr.8:1.3 Sun Jan 20 15:05:15 2008
+++ src/share/man/man8/man8.i386/mbr.8 Mon Apr 25 22:26:29 2011
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: mbr.8,v 1.3 2008/01/20 15:05:15 dsl Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: mbr.8,v 1.4 2011/04/25 22:26:29 wiz Exp $
.Dd January 20, 2008
.Dt MBR 8 i386
.Os
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
MBR itself.
.Pp
.Nx
-supplies serveral versions of the MBR bootcode:
+supplies several versions of the MBR bootcode:
.Bl -tag -width 20
.It Sy Normal boot code Pa /usr/mdec/mbr
This version has the same functionality as that supplied by DOS/Windows and
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@
This has the same features as
.Pa mbr_ext
but will read and write from the first serial port.
-It assumes that the BIOS has initialised the baud rate.
+It assumes that the BIOS has initialized the baud rate.
.It Sy Serial Bootselector Pa /usr/mdec/mbr_com0_9600
This has the same features as
.Pa mbr_com0 .
-Additionally it initialises the serial port to 9600 baud.
+Additionally it initializes the serial port to 9600 baud.
.El
.Pp
The rest of this manual page will discuss the bootselecting versions of
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
through
.Sy h
for the serial versions)
-will boot from harddisks 0 through 7 (BIOS numbers 0x80 through 0x87).
+will boot from hard disks 0 through 7 (BIOS numbers 0x80 through 0x87).
Booting from a drive is simply done by reading the MBR of that
drive and executing it, so the bootcode present in the MBR of the
chosen drive determines which partition (if any) will be booted in
