diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/console-server/article.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/console-server/article.sgml index a3faa6f3c0..48e476c927 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/console-server/article.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/console-server/article.sgml @@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ If the network is down, then we can use the console on the PC to run the console client locally. For - remote sites, we can add a modem for dial-in access to the the + remote sites, we can add a modem for dial-in access to the server command line to run the client. @@ -1108,7 +1108,7 @@ exit 0 first serial port known as COM1 in DOS/&windows; or ttyd0 in &unix;). - The cabling for these servers depends on the PC harware. If + The cabling for these servers depends on the PC hardware. If the PC has DB-25 female socket on board (as most older PCs do), then the same headshell as works for the Sun server above will work fine. If the PC has DB-9 male plug on board (as more @@ -1216,7 +1216,7 @@ exit 0 recognises a serial BREAK as a command to halt the OS and return to the ROM monitor prompt. A serial BREAK is an out-of-band signal on an RS-232 serial port that involves making - the TX DATA line active (i.e. pulled down to less than -5v) for more than + the TX DATA line active (i.e. pulled down to less than -5V) for more than two whole character times (or about 2ms on a 9600bps line). Alas, this BREAK signal is all to easily generated by serial hardware during power-on or power-off. And diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/cvsup-advanced/article.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/cvsup-advanced/article.sgml index 69e7b81740..f3f5abd710 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/cvsup-advanced/article.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/cvsup-advanced/article.sgml @@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ checkouts.cvs:B For example, A=RELENG_4, B=.. The period in B=. means -CURRENT. This is a rather typical update, from 4-STABLE to -CURRENT. While it is straightforward to downgrade your - sources (eg from -CURRENT to -STABLE), downgrading a system + sources (e.g., from -CURRENT to -STABLE), downgrading a system is quite another matter. You are STRONGLY advised not to attempt such an operation, unless you know exactly what you are doing. @@ -233,14 +233,14 @@ checkouts.cvs:B src-all tag=RELENG_4 date=2000.08.27.10.00.00 The format of a date is rigid. You have to specify - all the components of the date: century (20, ie the 21st + all the components of the date: century (20, i.e., the 21st century, must be supplied whereas 19, the past century, can be omitted), year, month, day, hour, minutes, seconds—as shown in the above example. For more information, please see &man.cvsup.1;. Whether or not a date is specified, the checkouts file - is called checkouts.cvs:A (eg + is called checkouts.cvs:A (e.g., checkouts.cvs:RELENG_4). As a result, no particular action is needed in order to revert to the previous state: you have to modify the date in the supfile, diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/hats/article.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/hats/article.sgml index bab7c6592d..117d34a220 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/hats/article.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/hats/article.sgml @@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ with the patches. Core expects the hat to offer solutions and work with the submitter to reach a compromise. Core expects the hat to be courteous. It is reasonable for hats to request that - normal project rules be followed when reviewing patches (eg, that + normal project rules be followed when reviewing patches (e.g., that they generally conform to &man.style.9; or the prevailing style of the - file, that style and content changes be separated, etc). + file, that style and content changes be separated.). When a dispute arises, core expects the hat to make his or her best efforts to compromise or otherwise resolve the dispute. The diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/laptop/article.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/laptop/article.sgml index f1a1b4b982..c02b55b5e2 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/laptop/article.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/laptop/article.sgml @@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ apm_event NORMRESUME, STANDBYRESUME { If you want to disable ACPI simply add hint.acpi.0.disabled="1" to /boot/device.hints. You can disable - ACPI temporarily at the boot loader prompt by issueing + ACPI temporarily at the boot loader prompt by issuing unset acpi_load if you are having problems booting an ACPI enabled machine. &os; 5.1-RELEASE and later come with a boot-time menu that controls how &os; is diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/new-users/article.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/new-users/article.sgml index a256e10f15..9c105e8965 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/new-users/article.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/new-users/article.sgml @@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ directory, call them up with DOS EDIT, &windows; Notepad or Wordpad, or a word processor, make a minor change so the file has to be saved, and print as you normally would from DOS or - Windows. Hope it works! manual pages come out best if printed + Windows. Hope it works! Manual pages come out best if printed with the DOS print command. (Copying files from FreeBSD to a mounted DOS partition is in some cases still a little risky.)