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author | Warren Block <wblock@FreeBSD.org> | 2013-07-24 04:38:49 +0000 |
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committer | Warren Block <wblock@FreeBSD.org> | 2013-07-24 04:38:49 +0000 |
commit | fcd488be9385333cc40314577444d7c256d1f242 (patch) | |
tree | 405a14b7c8d970b2618318971414cd333be0eec0 /en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/boot | |
parent | f99f3e141edb5071e89cb54c2affc369b92d285a (diff) | |
download | doc-fcd488be9385333cc40314577444d7c256d1f242.tar.gz doc-fcd488be9385333cc40314577444d7c256d1f242.zip |
Whitespace-only fixes. Translators, please ignore.
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diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/boot/chapter.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/boot/chapter.xml index d451643383..1af00bc7cc 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/boot/chapter.xml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/boot/chapter.xml @@ -65,20 +65,18 @@ operating system, and the operating system programs are on the disk, how is the operating system started?</para> - <para>This problem parallels one in the book <citetitle>The - Adventures of Baron Munchausen</citetitle>. A character had - fallen part way down a manhole, and pulled himself out by - grabbing his bootstraps, and lifting. In the early days of - computing the term <firstterm>bootstrap</firstterm> was applied - to the mechanism used to load the operating system, which has - become shortened to <quote>booting</quote>.</para> + <para>This problem parallels one in the book + <citetitle>The Adventures of Baron Munchausen</citetitle>. A + character had fallen part way down a manhole, and pulled himself + out by grabbing his bootstraps, and lifting. In the early days + of computing the term <firstterm>bootstrap</firstterm> was + applied to the mechanism used to load the operating system, + which has become shortened to <quote>booting</quote>.</para> <indexterm><primary><acronym>BIOS</acronym></primary></indexterm> - <indexterm> - <primary>Basic Input/Output System</primary> - <see><acronym>BIOS</acronym></see> - </indexterm> + <indexterm><primary>Basic Input/Output + System</primary><see><acronym>BIOS</acronym></see></indexterm> <para>On x86 hardware the Basic Input/Output System (<acronym>BIOS</acronym>) is responsible for loading the @@ -340,7 +338,7 @@ boot:</screen> <para>Finally, by default, the loader issues a 10 second wait for key presses, and boots the kernel if it is not - interrupted. If interrupted, the user is presented with a + interrupted. If interrupted, the user is presented with a prompt which understands the command set, where the user may adjust variables, unload all modules, load modules, and then finally boot or reboot.</para> @@ -505,7 +503,9 @@ boot:</screen> <itemizedlist> <listitem> - <para>To boot the usual kernel in single-user mode<indexterm><primary>single-user mode</primary></indexterm>:</para> + <para>To boot the usual kernel in single-user + mode<indexterm><primary>single-user + mode</primary></indexterm>:</para> <screen><userinput>boot -s</userinput></screen> </listitem> @@ -521,8 +521,9 @@ boot:</screen> the default kernel that comes with an installation, or <filename>kernel.old</filename><indexterm> <primary><filename>kernel.old</filename></primary></indexterm> - to refer to the previously installed kernel before a system - upgrade or before configuring a custom kernel.</para> + to refer to the previously installed kernel before a + system upgrade or before configuring a custom + kernel.</para> <note> <para>Use the following to load the usual modules with @@ -788,6 +789,7 @@ bitmap_name="<replaceable>/boot/splash.bin</replaceable>"</programlisting> <para> </para> </sect2> --> + </sect1> <sect1 id="device-hints"> |