diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.sgml index 69103eda97..f7d88ff6b9 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.sgml @@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ subscribe cvs-all linkend="makeworld">make world the first time through as part of the upgrading process. Reading the &a.current; will keep you up-to-date on other bootstrapping procedures - that sometimes become necessary as we move towards the next + that sometimes become necessary as we move toward the next release. @@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ subscribe cvs-all linkend="makeworld">make world the first time through as part of the upgrading process. Reading the &a.stable; will keep you up-to-date on other bootstrapping procedures that - sometimes become necessary as we move towards the next + sometimes become necessary as we move toward the next release. @@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ subscribe cvs-all Sometimes these mistakes can be quite harmless, just causing your system to print a new diagnostic warning. Or the change may be catastrophic, and render your system unbootable or destroy your - filesystems (or worse). + file systems (or worse). If problems like these occur, a heads up is posted to the appropriate mailing list, explaining the nature of @@ -791,8 +791,8 @@ subscribe cvs-all &prompt.root; mount -a -t ufs &prompt.root; swapon -a - This checks the filesystems, remounts / - read/write, mounts all the other UFS filesystems referenced in + This checks the file systems, remounts / + read/write, mounts all the other UFS file systems referenced in /etc/fstab and then turns swapping on. @@ -1420,7 +1420,7 @@ Script done, … /stand as well. These files consist of hard links to the /stand/sysinstall binary. This binary should be statically linked, so that it can work when no other - filesystems (and in particular /usr) have been + file systems (and in particular /usr) have been mounted. &prompt.root; cd /usr/src/release/sysinstall @@ -1542,7 +1542,7 @@ Script done, … problems can creep in, causing your build to fail in odd ways. This frequently generates noise on the &os; mailing lists, when one person complains that their build has failed, not - realising that it is because they have tried to cut + realizing that it is because they have tried to cut corners. @@ -1606,12 +1606,12 @@ Building everything.. Put the /usr/src and /usr/obj directories on separate - filesystems held on separate disks. If possible, put these + file systems held on separate disks. If possible, put these disks on separate disk controllers. - Better still, put these filesystems across multiple + Better still, put these file systems across multiple disks using the &man.ccd.4; (concatenated disk driver) device. @@ -1640,26 +1640,26 @@ Building everything.. machine. - The filesystem holding + The file system holding /usr/src can be mounted (or remounted) with the option. This prevents the - filesystem from recording the file access time. You probably + file system from recording the file access time. You probably do not need this information anyway. &prompt.root; mount -u -o noatime /usr/src The example assumes /usr/src is - on its own filesystem. If it is not (if it is a part of + on its own file system. If it is not (if it is a part of /usr for example) then you will - need to use that filesystem mount point, and not + need to use that file system mount point, and not /usr/src. - The filesystem holding /usr/obj can + The file system holding /usr/obj can be mounted (or remounted) with the async option. This causes disk writes to happen asynchronously. In other words, the write completes immediately, and the @@ -1668,14 +1668,14 @@ Building everything.. dramatic performance boost. - Keep in mind that this option makes your filesystem + Keep in mind that this option makes your file system more fragile. With this option there is an increased - chance that, should power fail, the filesystem will be in + chance that, should power fail, the file system will be in an unrecoverable state when the machine restarts. If /usr/obj is the only thing on - this filesystem then it is not a problem. If you have - other, valuable data on the same filesystem then ensure + this file system then it is not a problem. If you have + other, valuable data on the same file system then ensure your backups are fresh before you enable this option. @@ -1684,7 +1684,7 @@ Building everything.. As above, if /usr/obj is not on - its own filesystem, replace it in the example with the + its own file system, replace it in the example with the name of the appropriate mount point. diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop/chapter.sgml index 64dcfe48ae..66eb7f1124 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop/chapter.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/desktop/chapter.sgml @@ -928,7 +928,7 @@ Summary - While FreeBSD is popular amongst ISPs for its performance and + While FreeBSD is popular among ISPs for its performance and stability, it is quite ready for day-to-day use as a desktop. With several thousand applications available as packages or diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.sgml index 222aef8d47..ee142ee92b 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.sgml @@ -1776,7 +1776,7 @@ sa0(ncr1:4:0): Logical unit is in process of becoming ready &man.dump.8; Period. Elizabeth D. Zwicky torture tested all the backup programs discussed here. The clear choice for preserving all your data and all the peculiarities of Unix - file systems is dump. Elizabeth created filesystems containing + file systems is dump. Elizabeth created file systems containing a large variety of unusual conditions (and some not so unusual ones) and tested each program by doing a backup and restore of those file systems. The peculiarities included: files with holes, files with diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/introduction/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/introduction/chapter.sgml index ee3740b31e..db6b2d33a0 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/introduction/chapter.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/introduction/chapter.sgml @@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ objectives were set after consulting with the system's current users and, once it became clear that the project was on the road to perhaps even becoming a reality, I contacted Walnut Creek CDROM - with an eye towards improving FreeBSD's distribution channels for + with an eye toward improving FreeBSD's distribution channels for those many unfortunates without easy access to the Internet. Walnut Creek CDROM not only supported the idea of distributing FreeBSD on CD but also went so far as to provide the project with a