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authorFrans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>2006-04-28 19:31:36 +0000
committerFrans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>2006-04-28 19:31:36 +0000
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Update of original English docs
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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!-- retain these comments for translator revision tracking -->
-<!-- original version: 28997 untranslated -->
+<!-- original version: 36732 untranslated -->
<sect2 arch="sparc" id="invoking-openboot"><title>Invoking OpenBoot</title>
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ OpenBoot provides the basic functions needed to boot the &arch-title;
architecture. This is rather similar in function to the BIOS in the
x86 architecture, although much nicer. The Sun boot PROMs have a
built-in forth interpreter which lets you do quite a number of things
-with your machine, such as diagnostics, simple scripts, etc.
+with your machine, such as diagnostics and simple scripts.
</para><para>
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ emulator if you are using a different program.
You can use OpenBoot to boot from specific devices, and also to change
your default boot device. However, you need to know some details
-about how OpenBoot names devices; it's much different from Linux
+about how OpenBoot names devices; it's considerably different from Linux
device naming, described in <xref linkend="device-names"/>.
Also, the command will vary a bit, depending on what version of
OpenBoot you have. More information about OpenBoot can be found in
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ the <ulink url="&url-openboot;">Sun OpenBoot Reference</ulink>.
</para><para>
-Typically, with newer revisions, you can use OpenBoot device such as
+Typically, with newer revisions, you can use OpenBoot devices such as
<quote>floppy</quote>, <quote>cdrom</quote>, <quote>net</quote>,
<quote>disk</quote>, or <quote>disk2</quote>. These have the obvious
meanings; the <quote>net</quote> device is for booting from the network.