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authorWarren Block <wblock@FreeBSD.org>2013-07-24 04:38:49 +0000
committerWarren Block <wblock@FreeBSD.org>2013-07-24 04:38:49 +0000
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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">