Changeset c1fec3a9 for chapter09

Timestamp:

12/21/2022 04:42:53 PM (18 months ago)

Author:

David Bryant <david@…>

Branches:

11.3, 11.3-rc1, 12.0, 12.0-rc1, 12.1, 12.1-rc1, bdubbs/gcc13, multilib, renodr/libudev-from-systemd, trunk, xry111/arm64, xry111/arm64-12.0, xry111/clfs-ng, xry111/loongarch, xry111/loongarch-12.0, xry111/loongarch-12.1, xry111/mips64el, xry111/update-glibc

Children:

6ef5053

Parents:

c30b3cc

Message:

Improved English idiom; clarified a few descriptions of scripts.

File:

• chapter09/bootscripts.xml (modified) (5 diffs)

chapter09/bootscripts.xml

@@ -75 +75 @@
         <listitem>
           <para>Checks the integrity of the file systems before they are mounted
-          (with the exception of journal and network based file systems)</para>
+          (with the exception of journaling and network-based file systems)</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-config-bootscripts checkfs-bootscripts">
             <primary sortas="d-checkfs">checkfs</primary>
@@ -174 +174 @@
         <term><command>mountfs</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Mounts all file systems, except ones that are marked
-          <emphasis>noauto</emphasis> or are network based</para>
+          <para>Mounts all file systems, except those that are marked
+          <emphasis>noauto</emphasis>, or are network based</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-config-bootscripts mountfs-bootscripts">
             <primary sortas="d-mountfs">mountfs</primary>
@@ -209 +209 @@
           <para>The master run-level control script; it is responsible for
           running all the other bootscripts one-by-one, in a sequence determined
-          by the name of the symbolic links being processed</para>
+          by the names of the symbolic links to those other bootscripts</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-config-bootscripts rc-bootscripts">
             <primary sortas="d-rc">rc</primary>
@@ -240 +240 @@
         <term><command>setclock</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Resets the kernel clock to local time in case the hardware clock
-          is not set to UTC time</para>
+          <para>Resets the system clock to local time if the hardware clock
+          is not set to UTC</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-config-bootscripts setclock-bootscripts">
             <primary sortas="d-setclock">setclock</primary>
@@ -306 +306 @@
         <listitem>
           <para>Prepares the <filename class="directory">/dev</filename>
-          directory and starts Udev</para>
+          directory and starts the udev daemon</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-config-bootscripts udev-bootscripts">
             <primary sortas="d-udev">udev</primary>