Index: chapter08/fstab.xml
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--- chapter08/fstab.xml	(revision 0c012ac2c96978a0d297cdd21888564f8267bc8c)
+++ chapter08/fstab.xml	(revision 1dc34de7baaf4bcb5600ae04e809b7087452d648)
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 <indexterm zone="ch-bootable-fstab"><primary sortas="e-/etc/fstab">/etc/fstab</primary></indexterm>
 
-<para>The <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> file is used by some programs to
-determine where file systems are to be mounted by default, which
-must be checked and in which order. Create a new file systems table like
-this:</para>
+<para>The <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> file is used by some
+programs to determine where file systems are to be mounted by default,
+which must be checked, and in which order. Create a new file systems
+table like this:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/fstab &lt;&lt; "EOF"
@@ -29,33 +29,38 @@
 EOF</userinput></screen>
 
-<para>Of course, replace <replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable>, <replaceable>[yyy]</replaceable>
-and <replaceable>[fff]</replaceable> with the values appropriate for your system --
-for example <filename class="partition">hda2</filename>, <filename class="partition">hda5</filename> and
-<systemitem class="filesystem">reiserfs</systemitem>. For all the details on the six fields in this
-table, see <command>man 5 fstab</command>.</para>
+<para>Replace <replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable>,
+<replaceable>[yyy]</replaceable> and <replaceable>[fff]</replaceable>
+with the values appropriate for the system. For example, <filename
+class="partition">hda2</filename>, <filename
+class="partition">hda5</filename>, and <systemitem
+class="filesystem">reiserfs</systemitem>. For details on the six
+fields in this file, see <command>man 5 fstab</command>.</para>
 
-<para>When using a reiserfs partition, the <parameter>1 1</parameter> at the
-end of the line should be replaced with <parameter>0 0</parameter>, as such a
-partition does not need to be dumped or checked</para>
+<para>When using a reiserfs partition, the <parameter>1 1</parameter>
+at the end of the line should be replaced with <parameter>0
+0</parameter> because such a partition does not need to be dumped or
+checked.</para>
 
-<para>The <filename class="directory">/dev/shm</filename> mount point for
-<systemitem class="filesystem">tmpfs</systemitem> is included to
-allow enabling POSIX shared memory. Your kernel must have the required support
-built into it for this to work -- more about this in the next section. Please
-note that currently very little software actually uses POSIX shared memory.
-Therefore you can consider the <filename class="directory">/dev/shm</filename> mount point
-optional. For more information, see
-<filename>Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt</filename> in the kernel source
-tree.</para>
+<para>The <filename class="directory">/dev/shm</filename> mount point
+for <systemitem class="filesystem">tmpfs</systemitem> is included to
+allow enabling POSIX shared memory. The kernel must have the required
+support built into it for this to work (more about this in the next
+section). Please note that very little software currently uses POSIX
+shared memory.  Therefore, consider the <filename
+class="directory">/dev/shm</filename> mount point optional. For more
+information, see
+<filename>Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt</filename> in the kernel
+source tree.</para>
 
-<para>There are other lines which you may consider adding to your
-<filename>fstab</filename> file. One example is a line to use if you intend to
-use USB devices:</para>
+<para>There are other lines which may be added to the
+<filename>/etc/fstab</filename> file. One example is a line for USB
+devices:</para>
 
 <screen> usbfs         /proc/bus/usb usbfs   devgid=14,devmode=0660 0 0 </screen>
 
-<para>This option will of course only work if you have the
-"Support for Host-side USB" and "USB device filesystem"
-compiled into your kernel (not as a module).</para>
+<para>This option will only work if the <quote>Support for Host-side
+USB</quote> and <quote>USB device filesystem</quote> are compiled into
+the kernel (not as a module).</para>
 
 </sect1>
+
