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>Index: chapter.sgml
>===================================================================
>RCS file: /u/cvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.sgml,v
>retrieving revision 1.78
>diff -u -r1.78 chapter.sgml
>--- chapter.sgml	31 Jan 2002 08:10:08 -0000	1.78
>+++ chapter.sgml	31 Jan 2002 23:36:03 -0000
>@@ -2022,17 +2022,17 @@
>     <sect2>
>       <title>The device</title>
> 
>-      <para>Floppy disks are accessed throught entries in
>+      <para>Floppy disks are accessed through entries in
>         <filename>/dev</filename> (like any other device). To access the
>-        raw floppy disk you can use <filename>/dev/rfdX</filename>,
>-        where X stands for the drive number, usually 0. When the disk is
>-        formatted you can use <filename>/dev/fdX</filename>, or
>+        raw floppy disk you can use <filename>/dev/rfd<replaceable>X</replaceable></filename>,
>+        where <replaceable>X</replaceable> stands for the drive number, usually 0. When the disk is
>+        formatted you can use <filename>/dev/fd<replaceable>X</replaceable></filename>, or
>         whichever of the other devices named
>-        <filename>/dev/fdXY</filename>, where Y stands for a
>+        <filename>/dev/fd<replaceable>XY</replaceable></filename>, where <replaceable>Y</replaceable> stands for a
>         letter. These are all the same.</para>
> 
>       <para>Other important devices are
>-        <filename>/dev/fdX.size</filename>, where size is a floppy disk
>+        <filename>/dev/fd<replaceable>X</replaceable>.<replaceable>size</replaceable></filename>, where <replaceable>size</replaceable> is a floppy disk
>         size in kilobytes. These entries are used at low-level format
>         time to determine the disk size.</para>
> 
>@@ -2053,7 +2053,7 @@
>       <para>To format the floppy at a low-level fashion you need to
>         use <application>fdformat</application>. This utility expects
>         the device name as an argument. We will use those
>-        <filename>/dev/fdX.size</filename> devices, which will allow us
>+        <filename>/dev/fd<replaceable>X</replaceable>.<replaceable>size</replaceable></filename> devices, which will allow us
>         to format the floppy to its real size, or force them.  So you
>         insert a new 3.5inch floppy disk in your drive and issue:</para>
> 
>@@ -2092,9 +2092,9 @@
>       <para>You can run now <application>disklabel</application>
>         like:</para>
> 
>-      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>/sbin/disklabel -B -r -w /dev/rfd0 fd(size)</userinput></screen>
>+      <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>/sbin/disklabel -B -r -w /dev/rfd0 <replaceable>fdsize</replaceable></userinput></screen>
> 
>-      <para>Replace fd(size) with fd1440, fd1720 or whichever size you
>+      <para>Replace <replaceable>fdsize</replaceable> with <literal>fd1440</literal>, <literal>fd1720</literal> or whichever size you
>         want.  The last field instructs disklabel which entry to take
>         from <filename>/etc/disktab</filename> to use.</para>
>     </sect2>

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