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authortrhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>2002-08-27 01:01:31 +0000
committertrhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>2002-08-27 01:01:31 +0000
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Fix some grammar errors in loader.conf.5
PR: 40237 Submitted by: Chris Pepper <pepper@rockefeller.edu>
Diffstat (limited to 'sys/boot')
-rw-r--r--sys/boot/forth/loader.conf.522
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/sys/boot/forth/loader.conf.5 b/sys/boot/forth/loader.conf.5
index 1e71a23..dc4caeb 100644
--- a/sys/boot/forth/loader.conf.5
+++ b/sys/boot/forth/loader.conf.5
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ The file
.Nm
contains descriptive information on bootstrapping the system. Through
it you can specify the kernel to be booted, parameters to be passed to
-it, additional modules to be loaded, and generally set all variables
+it, and additional modules to be loaded; and generally set all variables
described in
.Xr loader 8 .
.Pp
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ format was defined explicitly to resemble
and can be sourced by
.Xr sh 1 ,
some settings are treated in a special fashion. Also, the
-behavior of some settings depends only on it's suffix.
+behavior of some settings is defined by the setting's suffix; the prefix identifies which module the setting controls.
.Pp
The general parsing rules are:
.Bl -bullet
@@ -76,12 +76,12 @@ All settings have the following format:
.Pp
Unless it belongs to one of the classes of settings that receive special
treatment, a setting will set the value of a
-.Xr loader 8 Ns 's
+.Xr loader 8
environment variable. The settings that receive special
-treatment are listed below. The ones beginning with a
+treatment are listed below. Settings beginning with
.Qq *
-define the modules to be loaded and
-may have any prefix. All such settings sharing a common
+below define the modules to be loaded and
+may have any prefix; the prefix identifies a module. All such settings sharing a common
prefix refer to the same module.
.Bl -tag -width Ar
.It Ar exec
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ Immediately executes a
command. This type of setting cannot be processed by programs other
than
.Xr loader 8 ,
-so it's use should be avoided. Multiple instances of it will be processed
+so its use should be avoided. Multiple instances of it will be processed
independently.
.It Ar loader_conf_files
Defines additional configuration files to be processed right after the
@@ -101,12 +101,12 @@ modules will be loaded.
.It Ar kernel_options
Flags to be passed to the kernel.
.It Ar password
-Provides a password to be asked by check-password before execution is
+Provides a password to be required by check-password before execution is
allowed to continue.
.It Ar verbose_loading
If set to
.Dq YES ,
-the modules' names will be displayed as they are loaded.
+module names will be displayed as they are loaded.
.It Ar *_load
If set to
.Dq YES ,
@@ -161,13 +161,13 @@ selects a mute console
.Pq Dq NO
If set to
.Dq YES ,
-will load the splash screen module, making possible to display a bmp image
+will load the splash screen module, making it possible to display a bmp image
on the screen while booting.
.It Va splash_pcx_load
.Pq Dq NO
If set to
.Dq YES ,
-will load the splash screen module, making possible to display a pcx image
+will load the splash screen module, making it possible to display a pcx image
on the screen while booting.
.It Va userconfig_script_load
.Pq Dq NO
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