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fix numerous typos, from Brian Baird <brb@brig.com>

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distrib/notes/INSTALL
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@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ What is NetBSD?
---- -- ------
The NetBSD Operating System is a fully functional UN*X-like system
derrived from the Berkeley Networking Release 2 (Net/2), 4.4BSD-Lite,
derived from the Berkeley Networking Release 2 (Net/2), 4.4BSD-Lite,
and 4.4BSD-Lite2 sources. NetBSD runs on many architectures and is
being ported to more.
@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ commercially available systems.
It is impossible to summarize the 18 months of development that went
into the NetBSD _VER release. Some of the significant changes include:
Support for machine independant device drivers has been
Support for machine independent device drivers has been
radically improved with the addition of the "bus.h" interface,
providing a high quality abstraction for machine and
architecture independent device access.
@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ Compatibility Issues:
As with any system which has functionality added and products
modified to fit within the goals of portability, standards
adherance, and uniformity, there have been some changes which
adherence, and uniformity, there have been some changes which
affects compatibility with existing NetBSD products.
The following products may need the suggested work-around to
@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ work in NetBSD _VER:
The most common position for a swap partition is the `b'
partition of the drive the root file system is on. For
diskless systems, check the new swapctl(8) manual for more
detail on how this is done. Example fstab entrys:
detail on how this is done. Example fstab entries:
/dev/sd0b none swap sw,priority=0
/dev/sd1b none swap sw,priority=5

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@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ system installed and running. The sets are:
included, this set is large. However, you will
only need one of the servers provided in this
set (typically XF86_SVGA).
[ 12M gzipped, 29M unzipped ]
[ 12M gzipped, 29M uncompressed ]
The i386 binary distribution sets are distributed as gzipped tar files
named with the extension ".tgz", e.g. "base.tgz". They are also
@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ The instructions given for extracting the source sets work equally
well for the binary sets, but it is worth noting that if you use that
method, the files are extracted "below" the current directory. That
is, if you want to extract the binaries "into" your system, i.e.
replace the system binaries with them, you have to run the "tar xfp"
replace the system binaries with them, you have to run the "tar xpf"
from /. Also note that if you upgrade or install this way, those
programs that you are using at the time will NOT be replaced unless
you run "tar" with the "--unlink" option. If you follow the normal

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@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Supported devices include:
Adaptec AHA-2x4x[U][W] cards and some onboard PCI designs
using the AIC78X0 chip.
Adaptec AHA-3940[U][W] cards [b]
Buslogic 54x (Adaptec AHA-154x clones)
BusLogic 54x (Adaptec AHA-154x clones)
BusLogic 445, 74x, 9xx (But not the new "FlashPoint" series
of BusLogic SCSI adapters)
Qlogic ISP [12]0x0 SCSI/FibreChannel boards
@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ Supported devices include:
SMC/WD 8003, 8013, and the SMC "Elite16" ISA boards
SMC/WD 8216 (the SMC "Elite16 Ultra" ISA boards)
SMC91C9x-based boards (ISA and PCMCIA)
Texas Intruments ThunderLAN based ethernet boards:
Texas Instruments ThunderLAN based ethernet boards:
Compaq Netelligent 10/100 TX
Compaq ProLiant Integrated Netelligent 10/100 TX
Compaq Netelligent 10 T (untested)
@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ AHA-152x, AIC-6260- or AIC-6360-based SCSI host adapters
AHA-2X4X or AIC-7XXX-based SCSI host adapters
ahc0 any any any
Bus Logic BT445, BT74x, or BT9xx SCSI host adapters
BusLogic BT445, BT74x, or BT9xx SCSI host adapters
bha0 0x330 any any
bha1 0x334 any any

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@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
you can give an empty response in reply to answers relating to
this.
4. The harddisk to install on and its parameters.
4. The hard disk to install on and its parameters.
To start the installation, select the menu option to install
NetBSD from the main menu.
@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
you can set the type, the start and the size. Setting
the type to 'unused' will delete a partition. You can
also mark a partition as active, meaning that this is
the one that the BIOS will start from at boottime.
the one that the BIOS will start from at boot time.
Be sure to mark the partition you want to boot from as active!
@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
You will be presented with the current layout of the
NetBSD disklabel, and given a chance to change it.
For each partition, you can set the type, offset and size,
block and fragment size, and the mountpoint. The type
block and fragment size, and the mount point. The type
that NetBSD uses for normal file storage is called
"4.2BSD". A swap partition has a special type called "swap".
You can also specify a partition as type "msdos". This
@ -214,7 +214,7 @@
is a single word and contains no special characters. You don't
need to remember this name.
6. Preparing your harddisk
6. Preparing your hard disk
YOU ARE NOW AT THE POINT OF NO RETURN. Nothing has been
written to your disk yet, but if you confirm that you want to
@ -242,8 +242,8 @@
7. Getting the distribution sets.
[PCMCIA] Load a kernel tar file (i.e. the kern.tgz set file)
on to your harddisk, for example by mounting the
harddisk first, copying the kern.tgz file from
on to your hard disk, for example by mounting the
hard disk first, copying the kern.tgz file from
floppy and unpacking it. Example:
mount /dev/wd0a /mnt
@ -272,7 +272,7 @@
point of the installation, you will be presented with a menu
which enables you to choose from one of the following methods
of installing the sets. Some of these methods will first
load the sets on your harddisk, others will extract the sets
load the sets on your hard disk, others will extract the sets
directly.
For all these methods, the first step is making the sets
@ -294,14 +294,14 @@
You will also be asked to specify the host that you want
to transfer the sets from, the directory on that host,
and the accountname and password used to log into that
and the account name and password used to log into that
host using ftp. If you did not set up DNS when answering
the questions to configure networking, you will need to
specify an IP number instead of a hostname for the ftp
server.
sysinst will proceed to transfer all the default set files
from the remote site to your harddisk.
from the remote site to your hard disk.
7.2 Installation using NFS
@ -327,8 +327,8 @@
7.3 Installation from CD-ROM
When installing from a CD-ROM, you will be asked to specify
the devicename for your CD-ROM player (usually 'cd0'), and
directoryname on the CD-ROM where the distribution files are.
the device name for your CD-ROM player (usually 'cd0'), and
directory name on the CD-ROM where the distribution files are.
sysinst will then check if the files are indeed available
in the specified location, and proceed to the actual
@ -354,7 +354,7 @@
sets are located. sysinst will then check if it
can indeed access the sets at that location.
7.6 Installation from a local directoy
7.6 Installation from a local directory
This option assumes that you have already done some preparation
yourself. The sets should be located in a directory on a
@ -395,7 +395,7 @@
almost definitely need to be adjusted, and other files in /etc will
probably need to be modified, as well.
Some leftover files from the installation may be on your harddisk,
Some leftover files from the installation may be on your hard disk,
depending on the procedure you followed. If you find any of
the files, you should remove them:

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distrib/notes/i386/prep
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@ -31,18 +31,18 @@ loaded using the BIOS, within the limitations of the BIOS
geometry. The install program will check this for you, and
will give you a chance to correct this if this is not the case.
If you have not yet installed any other systems on the harddisk
If you have not yet installed any other systems on the hard disk
that you plan to install NetBSD on, or if you plan to use the
disk entirely for NetBSD, you may wish to check your BIOS
settings for the 'Large' or 'LBA' modes, and activate
them for the harddisk in question. While they are not needed
them for the hard disk in question. While they are not needed
by NetBSD as such, doing so will remove the limitations mentioned
above, and will avoid hassle should you wish to share the disk with
other systems. Do NOT change these settings if you already have
data on the disk that you want to preserve!
In any case, it is wise to check your the BIOS settings for the
harddisk geometry before beginning the installation, and write
hard disk geometry before beginning the installation, and write
them down. While this should usually not be needed, it enables
you to verify that the install program determines these values
correctly.

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@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ another operating system's partition, before beginning the upgrade
process.
The upgrade procedure using the sysinst tool is basically the
same as an installation, but without the harddisk partitioning.
same as an installation, but without the hard disk partitioning.
Another difference is that existing configuration files in /etc
are backed up, and merged with the new files. Getting the binary
sets is done in the same manner as the installation procedure;

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distrib/notes/legal.common
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@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
for the NetBSD Project.
This product includes software developed by Jason R. Thorpe
for And Communications, http.
for And Communications, http://www.and.com/.
This product includes software developed by Joachim Koenig-Baltes.