Jason McIntyre <j...@kerhand.co.uk> wrote:
> ok. so if i didn't comment on a change, i didn;t see any issue.
> if it's a rewording of an already ok text, i don;t see the point.
> i don;t see the point of Un*x->Unix, but some of our more, er,
> experienced, developers may want to chip in.
Hi Jason & tech@,
Below is my patch to the installation guide macros from a few weeks ago,
including only hunks jmc had no issues with, and without addressing the
UN*X/UNIX/Unix issue.
thanks!
Evan Silberman
Index: m4.common
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RCS file: /cvs/src/distrib/notes/m4.common,v
retrieving revision 1.127
diff -u -p -r1.127 m4.common
--- m4.common 23 Aug 2017 02:59:45 -0000 1.127
+++ m4.common 27 Jul 2019 16:34:28 -0000
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ dnl install.sub (install) user_setup()
with a lowercase letter. If the login name matches this
criteria, and doesn't conflict with any of the administrative
user accounts (such as `root', `daemon' or `ftp'), you
- will be prompted with the users descriptive name, as well
+ will be prompted for the user's descriptive name, as well
as its password, twice.
As for the root password earlier, the install program will only
@@ -422,13 +422,11 @@ dnl install.sub (install) user_setup()
dnl install.sub (install) set_timezone
ifelse(MDTZ,,,
{:-
- You may now be given the opportunity to configure the time zone
- your system will be using (this depends on the installation
- media you are using).
-
- If the installation program skips this question, do not be
- alarmed, the time zone will be configured at the end
- of the installation.
+ Depending on the installation media you are using, you may now
+ be given the opportunity to configure the time zone your system
+ will use. If the installation program skips this question, do
+ not be alarmed: the time zone will be configured at the end of
+ the installation.
-:})dnl
dnl install.sh ask whether to use DUIDs before the md_prep_disklabel loop
The installation program will now tell you which disks it can
@@ -512,7 +510,7 @@ define({:-OpenBSDInstallPart5-:},
partition layout) and the `n' command (to change mount points)
are of particular interest.
- Although the partitions position and size are written in exact
+ Although the partitions' position and size are written in exact
sector values, you do not need a calculator to create your
partitions! Human-friendly units can be specified by adding `k',
`m' or `g' after any numbers to have them converted to kilobytes,
@@ -652,10 +650,10 @@ define({:-OpenBSDCommonInstall-:},
A list of available distribution sets found on the
given location will be listed.
- You may individually select distribution sets to install,
- by entering their name, or wildcards (e.g. `*.tgz' or
- `base*|comp*', or `all' to select all the sets (which
- is what most users will want to do).
+ You may individually select distribution sets to install
+ by entering their names or wildcards (e.g. `*.tgz' or
+ `base*|comp*'), or you may enter `all' to select all the
+ sets (which is what most users will want to do).
You may also enter `abort' to deselect everything and
restart the selection from scratch, or unselect sets
by entering their name prefixed with `-' (e.g. `-x*').
@@ -710,8 +708,8 @@ dnl
define({:-OpenBSDCongratulations-:},{:-
Congratulations, you have successfully installed OpenBSD OSREV. When you
reboot into OpenBSD, you should log in as "root" at the login prompt.
-You should create yourself an account and protect it and the "root"
-account with good passwords.
+You should create yourself an account, if you skipped this step during
+installation, and protect it and the "root" account with good passwords.
The install program leaves root an initial mail message. We recommend
you read it, as it contains answers to basic questions you might have
@@ -751,8 +749,8 @@ installation.
The installer runs dhclient(8) on the network interface the system
booted from, or in case of multiple interfaces it will ask which one
to use. Upon success it retrieves a response file via HTTP. If that
-fails, the installer asks for the response file location which can be
-either an url or a local path and retrieves the response file from
+fails, the installer asks for the response file location, which can be
+either a URL or a local path, and retrieves the response file from
there.
The "next-server" DHCP option specifies the hostname part of the URL,
