diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.sgml index 5e52d175bc..69419c9691 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.sgml @@ -2396,10 +2396,10 @@ device_probe_and_attach: cbb0 attach returned 12 without the consent of the OS. Secondly, the APM logic is embedded in the BIOS, and it operates outside the scope of the OS. This means users can only fix problems in their APM BIOS by - flashing a new one into the ROM; which, is a very dangerous - procedure, and if it fails, it could leave the system in an + flashing a new one into the ROM; which is a very dangerous + procedure, and if it fails, could leave the system in an unrecoverable state. Thirdly, APM is a vendor-specific - technology, which, means that there is a lot of parity + technology, which means that there is a lot of parity (duplication of efforts) and bugs found in one vendor's BIOS, may not be solved in others. Last but not the least, the APM BIOS did not have enough room to implement a sophisticated power