Subject: Re: misc/446: installation script typos (text messages...)
To: Havard Eidnes <Havard.Eidnes@runit.sintef.no>
From: Chris G. Demetriou <cgd@alpha.bostic.com>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 08/30/1994 19:52:34
> /usr/src/distrib/i386/floppies/inst/install.sh:
>
> echo "For best disk performance, partitions should being and end on"
> ^^^^^-- begin
> echo "cylinder boundaries. Wherever possible, pick sizes that are"
> echo -n "multiples are multiples of the cylinder size ($cylindersize"
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^--- remove
> echo "sectors)."
>
> ...
> echo "$units_left $sizeunit remaining in NetBSD portion of disk."
> echo -n "Swap partition size (in $sizeunit)? "
> getresp
fixed, fixed,
> Should probably say something about common convention for choosing
> swap space? Maybe provide a default based on the available physical
> memory (limited by the available remaining disk space)? The physical
> memory can be had via /kern/physmem and /kern/pagesize -- in that
> case /kern needs to be mounted... (KERNFS is in the i386 GENERIC*
> kernels).
This is covered in the install notes. (all of this stuff will be
replaced eventually, anyway, so...)
> ...
>
> echo -n "Creating a fstab..."
>
> I think it should be "an fstab" if you insist on using a/an.
all of the grammar rules i learned said that it should be 'a' not 'an'...
> ...
>
> /usr/src/distrib/i386/floppies/upgr/upgrade.sh:
>
> echo "No disk edvices."
> ^^- swap
>
> (I know, I know, "nobody" will notice this... :-)
fixed, as well. if somebody bumps into this, they have more problems
than spelling. 8-)
chris
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