Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 14:16:57 +0200 From: Udo Erdelhoff <ue@nathan.ruhr.de> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Please review: new handbook chapter on serial install Message-ID: <20021017121656.GI76747@nathan.internal> In-Reply-To: <20021017111934.GD14331@hades.hell.gr> References: <20021015195849.GA76747@nathan.internal> <20021017111934.GD14331@hades.hell.gr>
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Hi, On Thu, Oct 17, 2002 at 02:19:35PM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2002-10-15 21:58, Udo Erdelhoff <ue@nathan.ruhr.de> wrote: > > + modified boot floppy. The easiest solution (and the only one > > + described in this chapter) is to create a modified boot floppy > > + because this can be done with the on-board tools of a standard > > + installation. [...] > > I'd probably prefer "system tools" instead of "on-board tools". the precise variant would be 'with the tools that are available on a standard system' or even 'with the tools that are available on a &os; system after a standard installation'. > > + <para>After a while, you should see activity on your serial > > + console, probably the <quote>sppiner</quote>, followed by the > > + usual start messages from the kernel. > > `spinner' perhaps? What is this supposed to mean? Are you referring > to the spinning character that is visible right before the kernel boots? Exactly - is there another, 'official' name for the thing? > > + <literal>Fixit</literal> menu. Just type <command>echo -P > > + > /boot.config</command>, exit the shell, quit > > I usually prefer seeing commands in <screen> elements, that stand out > a lot better than <command> in running text. The <command> tags are > more fit imho for marking up command names that have to be seen as > part of a sentence instead of literal terminal output. My suggestion > for this part would something like: > > <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>echo -P > /boot.config</userinput></screen> Followed by another line with the exit and some rewording to avoid having a sentence interrupted by a screen element. Those are hell for any translator... /s/Udo -- If Bill Gates had a dime for every time a Windows box crashed... ...Oh, wait a minute, he already does. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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