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authorgjb <gjb@FreeBSD.org>2010-09-12 17:50:07 +0000
committergjb <gjb@FreeBSD.org>2010-09-12 17:50:07 +0000
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Rewording and typo fixes in newfs(8).
PR: 150490 Submitted by: Eitan Adler <foreignuser at eitanadler com> Additional fixes by: Warren Block <wblock at wonkity com>, keramida Approved by: keramida (mentor) MFC after: 1 week
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@@ -79,10 +79,10 @@ The following options define the general layout policies:
Erase the content of the disk before making the filesystem.
The reserved area in front of the superblock (for bootcode) will not be erased.
.Pp
-This is a relevant option for flash based storage devices that use
-wear levelling algorithms.
+This option is only relevant for flash based storage devices that use
+wear-leveling algorithms.
.Pp
-NB: Erasing may take as long time as writing every sector on the disk.
+Erasing may take a long time as it writes to every sector on the disk.
.It Fl J
Enable journaling on the new file system via gjournal.
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