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Author: wblock
Date: Wed Jan  8 17:50:24 2014
New Revision: 43447
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/43447

Log:
  Add instructions for users to determine whether their kernel supports
  quotas.
  
  Reviewed by:	pluknet

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.xml	Wed Jan  8 16:27:00 2014	(r43446)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.xml	Wed Jan  8 17:50:24 2014	(r43447)
@@ -2365,10 +2365,12 @@ Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity
 
       <programlisting>options QUOTA</programlisting>
 
-      <para>Prior to &os;&nbsp;9.2
-	the <filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel did not have this
-	generally enabled by default, so a custom kernel had to be
-	compiled in order to use disk quotas.  Refer to <xref linkend="kernelconfig"/> for more information on
+      <para>Before &os;&nbsp;9.2,
+	the <filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel usually did not include this
+	option.  <command>sysctl kern.features.ufs_quota</command>
+	can be used to test whether the current kernel supports
+	quotas.  If the option is not present, a custom kernel must be
+	compiled.  Refer to <xref linkend="kernelconfig"/> for more information on
 	kernel configuration.</para>
 
       <para>Next, enable disk quotas in