From f2e89eb0626579a6db3c77ab8a4101cbd94aa008 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Mock Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 09:41:55 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Various fixes: * throught -> through * put variable parts in tags PR: 34509 Submitted by: Martin Heinen --- .../books/handbook/disks/chapter.sgml | 18 +++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.sgml index c09699d518..3366c405c7 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.sgml @@ -2022,17 +2022,17 @@ echo "The floppy has been unmounted and is now ready."]]> The device - Floppy disks are accessed throught entries in + Floppy disks are accessed through entries in /dev (like any other device). To access the - raw floppy disk you can use /dev/rfdX, - where X stands for the drive number, usually 0. When the disk is - formatted you can use /dev/fdX, or + raw floppy disk you can use /dev/rfdX, + where X stands for the drive number, usually 0. When the disk is + formatted you can use /dev/fdX, or whichever of the other devices named - /dev/fdXY, where Y stands for a + /dev/fdXY, where Y stands for a letter. These are all the same. Other important devices are - /dev/fdX.size, where size is a floppy disk + /dev/fdX.size, where size is a floppy disk size in kilobytes. These entries are used at low-level format time to determine the disk size. @@ -2053,7 +2053,7 @@ echo "The floppy has been unmounted and is now ready."]]> To format the floppy at a low-level fashion you need to use fdformat. This utility expects the device name as an argument. We will use those - /dev/fdX.size devices, which will allow us + /dev/fdX.size devices, which will allow us to format the floppy to its real size, or force them. So you insert a new 3.5inch floppy disk in your drive and issue: @@ -2092,9 +2092,9 @@ echo "The floppy has been unmounted and is now ready."]]> You can run now disklabel like: - &prompt.root; /sbin/disklabel -B -r -w /dev/rfd0 fd(size) + &prompt.root; /sbin/disklabel -B -r -w /dev/rfd0 fdsize - Replace fd(size) with fd1440, fd1720 or whichever size you + Replace fdsize with fd1440, fd1720 or whichever size you want. The last field instructs disklabel which entry to take from /etc/disktab to use.