Notably Siguature -> Signature and suite -> suit.
CDROM -> CD-ROM.
Delete some extraneous whitespace and remove or insert an occasional period.
Add an occasional 'a'.
I was unsure how to handle 'Here are several options to multibooting',
so I added '...to <aid> multibooting'. This may not match the original
writer's intention.
Faced with a choice between 'On some rare occasions' and 'In some rare
situations', to replace 'In some rare occasions', I opted for the former.
(I generally resisted the urge to express myself.)
Does the following need to be amended to reflect a new default setting
of 'no'?
You will later be given a chance to create an administrative account
and disable remote (SSH) access to the root account, but you still
want a good password on your root account.
I've left it alone.
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+++ faq4.html 23 Nov 2015 17:59:21 -0000
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ using another computer.
<li><a href="../octeon.html"><b>octeon:</b></a> Network.
-<li><a href="../sgi.html"><b>sgi:</b></a> Network, CDROM.
+<li><a href="../sgi.html"><b>sgi:</b></a> Network, CD-ROM.
<li><a href="../socppc.html"><b>socppc:</b></a> Network.
@@ -288,13 +288,13 @@ installation disk images to choose from:
create a bootable CD with most popular CD-ROM creation software
on most platforms.
This image has the widest selection of drivers, and is usually
- the recommended choice if your hardware can boot from a CDROM.
+ the recommended choice if your hardware can boot from a CD-ROM.
<li><b><tt>installXX.iso</tt></b> is an ISO9660 image, containing
all the standard install files.
This file can be used to create a CD that can do a stand-alone
OpenBSD install.
<li><b><tt>floppyXX.fs</tt></b> (Desktop PC) supports many
- older machines that lack bootable CDROMs.
+ older machines that lack bootable CD-ROMs.
Not recommended for modern hardware.
<li><b><tt>minirootXX.fs</tt></b> is a disk image, can be written to a
bootable device, such as a USB flash drive, and booted for the install.
@@ -356,14 +356,14 @@ Other Unix-like systems use applications
<h3 id="MkFlop">
4.3.2 - Creating floppies
</h3>
-Creating floppies in OpenBSD can be done with the
+Creating floppies in OpenBSD can be done with
<a
href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=fdformat&sektion=1";>fdformat(1)</a>
to prep the disk and
-<a
href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=0";>dd(1)</a>.
+<a
href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dd&sektion=0";>dd(1)</a>
to write the image, then
<a
href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cmp&sektion=1";>cmp(1)</a>
to verify the write was good.
-Similar process and tools can be used on other Unix platforms.
+A similar process and tools can be used on other Unix platforms.
<p>
Creating floppies on Windows can be done with the native low-level
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ from the "tools" directory on any of the
<h3 id="Flash">4.3.3 - Creating a bootable install flash drive from Unix</h3>
A bootable USB flash drive (or a CF/SD/other card, external hard disk,
etc) can be created by installing the target device on a Unix machine
-via any recognized adapters, then copying over the image with dd
+via any recognized adapters, then copying over the image with dd.
<p>
Here is an OpenBSD example, assuming the device was recognized as "sd6":
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ Use the following command to boot from t
</pre></td></tr></table>
<p>
-Usually, you can boot from the CDROM drive of a Sun system from
+Usually, you can boot from the CD-ROM drive of a Sun system from
the boot prompt by typing '<tt>boot cdrom</tt>':
<p>
@@ -844,7 +844,7 @@ For now, we'll take the defaults on our
<p>
Note that this disk has a pre-existing partition on it -- <i>using "whole"
-disk will remove it!</i>.
+disk will remove it!</i>
<p>
Setting up the "whole" disk for OpenBSD does a number of important things:
@@ -904,7 +904,7 @@ OpenBSD partitions on our disk, which we
<p>
If the proposed layout is not appropriate for your needs, you can,
-of course, edit the default or customize it completely, more details
+of course, edit the default or customize it completely. More details
on the disklabel partitioning <a href="#Moredisklabel"
id="BackMoredisklabel">below</a>.
<p>
@@ -1015,7 +1015,7 @@ Note that on slow hardware, the "Get/Ver
<p>
<table border=0 width="90%"><tr><td nowrap bgcolor="#EEEEEE"><pre>
Get/Verify SHA256.sig 100% |**************************| 1534 00:01
- Siguature Verified
+ Signature Verified
Verifying bsd 100% |**************************| 10292 KB 00:05
Verifying bsd.rd 100% |**************************| 6867 KB 00:03
Verifying base58.tgz 100% |**************************| 51721 KB 00:26
@@ -1225,7 +1225,7 @@ OpenBSD's installer will help you find a
you if you are not sure.
Simply hit "<tt>?</tt>" at each prompt, and the installer will show you
options.
-If the first level of answers doesn't suite you, pick a continent or
+If the first level of answers doesn't suit you, pick a continent or
country, and look at your options there:
<p>
@@ -1333,7 +1333,7 @@ data on it already.
You will now create a single MBR partition to contain your OpenBSD data. This
partition must have an id of 'A6'; must *NOT* overlap other partitions; and
- must be marked as the only active partition. Inside the fdisk command, the
+ must be marked as the only active partition. Inside the fdisk command, the
'manual' command describes all the fdisk commands in detail.
Disk: wd0 geometry: 4998/255/63 [80293248 Sectors]
@@ -1438,7 +1438,7 @@ a partition of a given size.
<a name="trackoffset"></a>
<p>
-The fdisk platforms need gap before the first partition.
+The fdisk platforms need a gap before the first partition.
The exact amount will not matter on modern machines, OpenBSD defaults
to 64 sectors.
This is recommended for performance reasons on modern disks, and does
@@ -1948,10 +1948,10 @@ Here is an overview of each:
<li><b><i>bsd.mp</i></b> - Multi-processor (SMP) kernel (only some
platforms)
<li><b><i>bsd.rd</i></b> - <a href="#bsd.rd">RAM disk kernel</a>
- <li><b><i>baseXX.tgz</i></b> - Contains the base OpenBSD system
+ <li><b><i>baseXX.tgz</i></b> - Contains the base OpenBSD system.
<b>Required</b>
<li><b><i>compXX.tgz</i></b> - Contains the compiler and its
- tools, headers and libraries.
+ tools, headers and libraries
<li><b><i>manXX.tgz</i></b> - Contains man pages
<li><b><i>gameXX.tgz</i></b> - Contains the games for OpenBSD
<li><b><i>xbaseXX.tgz</i></b> - Contains the base libraries and
@@ -2258,7 +2258,7 @@ it. Its main limitation is that the Win
so if you need more space, you may have to move/disable it.
<p>
-Here are several options to multibooting:
+Here are several options to aid multibooting:
<h3>Setting active partitions</h3>
This is probably the most overlooked, and yet, sometimes the best
@@ -2316,7 +2316,7 @@ following a process similar to:
</pre>
Note: this is a really good time to remind you that blindly typing commands
-in you don't understand is a really bad idea.
+in that you don't understand is a really bad idea.
This line will not work directly on most computers.
It is left to the reader to adapt it to their machine.
@@ -2512,13 +2512,13 @@ If you wish to ensure that OpenBSD runs
a favor (after you have your mail system configured!) and type something like:
# (dmesg; sysctl hw.sensors) | \
mail -s "Sony VAIO 505R laptop, apm works OK" [email protected]
-so that we can see what kinds of configurations people are running. As shown,
+so that we can see what kinds of configurations people are running. As shown,
including a bit of information about your machine in the subject or the body
-can help us even further. We will use this information to improve device
driver
-support in future releases. (Please do this using the supplied GENERIC kernel,
+can help us even further. We will use this information to improve device driver
+support in future releases. (Please do this using the supplied GENERIC kernel,
not for a custom compiled kernel, unless you're unable to boot the GENERIC
-kernel. If you have a multi-processor machine, dmesg results of both
GENERIC.MP
-and GENERIC kernels are appreciated.) The device driver information we get
from
+kernel. If you have a multi-processor machine, dmesg results of both GENERIC.MP
+and GENERIC kernels are appreciated.) The device driver information we get from
this helps us fix existing drivers. Thank you!
</pre></blockquote>
@@ -2577,7 +2577,7 @@ check the following when using alternate
(the norm for mailing lists).
<li>Make sure your email client does not reformat messages into "text-flow"
nonsense.
-<li>Do not send the dmesg output as file attachment.
+<li>Do not send the dmesg output as a file attachment.
Put the dmesg output into the body of the message.
</ul>
@@ -2716,7 +2716,7 @@ Note: the "update" option within the int
fdisk will not write the signature bytes required to make the disk
bootable.
-<li><b>In some rare occasions, something may go wrong with the second
+<li><b>On some rare occasions, something may go wrong with the second
stage boot loader install.</b> Reinstalling the second stage boot
loader is discussed <a href="faq14.html#InstBoot">here</a>.
