Index: chapter08/fstab.xml
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--- chapter08/fstab.xml	(revision cfdcaef7823d0b4841cbea42d4b555417568d7aa)
+++ chapter08/fstab.xml	(revision f4231a262ab7fba290509ec617e682e65e671286)
@@ -3,48 +3,48 @@
 <?dbhtml filename="fstab.html" dir="chapter08"?>
 
-<para>In order for certain programs to be able to determine where certain
-partitions are supposed to be mounted by default, the /etc/fstab file is
-used. Create a new file <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> containing the
-following:</para>
+<para>The <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> file is used by some programs to
+determine where partitions are to be mounted by default, which file systems
+must be checked and in which order. Create a new file systems table like
+this:</para>
 
 <para><screen><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/fstab &lt;&lt; "EOF"</userinput>
 # Begin /etc/fstab
 
-# filesystem   mount-point fs-type    options     dump    fsck-order
+# filesystem  mount-point  fs-type  options     dump  fsck-order
 
-/dev/*LFS*     /           *fs-type*  defaults    1       1
-/dev/*swap*    swap        swap       pri=1       0       0
-proc           /proc       proc       defaults    0       0
-shm            /dev/shm    tmpfs      defaults    0       0
+/dev/xxx      /            fff      defaults    1     1
+/dev/yyy      swap         swap     pri=1       0     0
+proc          /proc        proc     defaults    0     0
+shm           /dev/shm     tmpfs    defaults    0     0
 
 # End /etc/fstab
 <userinput>EOF</userinput></screen></para>
 
-<para><userinput>*LFS*</userinput>, 
-<userinput>*swap*</userinput>
-and <userinput>*fs-type*</userinput> have to be replaced with the 
-appropriate values (/dev/hda2, /dev/hda5 and reiserfs for example).</para>
+<para>Of course, replace <filename>xxx</filename>, <filename>yyy</filename>
+and <filename>fff</filename> with the values appropriate for your system --
+for example <filename>hda2</filename>, <filename>hda5</filename> and
+<filename>reiserfs</filename>. For all the details on the six fields in this
+table, see <userinput>man 5 fstab</userinput>.</para>
 
-<para>When adding a reiserfs partition, the <userinput>1 1</userinput> at 
-the end of the line should be replaced with <userinput>0 0</userinput>.</para>
+<para>When using a reiserfs partition, the <emphasis>1 1</emphasis> at the
+end of the line should be replaced with <emphasis>0 0</emphasis>, as such a
+partition does not need to be dumped or checked</para>
 
-<para>A tmpfs mount is added at /dev/shm to comply with Posix shared memory
-requirements.  For more information, see the file 
-Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt in the kernel source tree.</para>
+<para>The <filename>/dev/shm</filename> mount point for tmpfs is included to
+comply with Posix shared memory requirements.  For more information on this,
+see <filename>Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.txt</filename> in the kernel
+source tree.</para>
 
-<para>For more information on the various fields which are in the fstab
-file, see <userinput>man 5 fstab</userinput>.</para>
+<para>There are other lines which you may consider adding to your
+<filename>fstab</filename> file.  One example is the line which you must have
+if you are using devpts:</para>
 
-<para>There are other lines which you may consider adding to your fstab
-file.  One example is the line which you must have if you are using
-devpts:</para>
-
-<para><screen>devpts         /dev/pts    devpts     gid=4,mode=620 0    0</screen></para> 
+<para><screen>devpts        /dev/pts     devpts   gid=4,mode=620  0     0</screen></para> 
 
 <para>Another example is a line to use if you intend to use USB
 devices:</para>
-<para><screen>usbfs       /proc/bus/usb usbfs defaults    0       0</screen></para>
+<para><screen>usbfs       /proc/bus/usb  usbfs    defaults    0     0</screen></para>
 
-<para>Both of these options will only work if you have the relevant
+<para>Both of these options will of course only work if you have the relevant
 support compiled into your kernel.</para>
 
