Patches to the installation manual 1: Appendix

[Nathanael Nerode <neroden@fastmail.fm>]

This fixes up some bad usage of English in the appendix.  I'm betting translators
have done better than this on the whole....

Changes put in the public domain.

Index: appendix/files.xml
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--- appendix/files.xml	(revision 39542)
+++ appendix/files.xml	(working copy)
@@ -6,13 +6,10 @@
 <para>
 
 In Linux you have various special files in
-<filename>/dev</filename>. These files are called device files. In
-the Unix world accessing hardware is different.  There you have a
-special file which actually runs a driver which in turn accesses the
-hardware. The device file is an interface to the actual system
-component. Files under <filename>/dev</filename> also behave
-differently than ordinary files. Below are the most important device
-files listed.
+<filename>/dev</filename>. These files are called device files, and behave
+differently than ordinary files.  The device file is an interface to the actual driver
+(part of the Linux kernel) which in turn accesses the hardware.
+Below the most important device files are listed.
 
 </para><para>
 
@@ -106,7 +103,7 @@
 <informaltable><tgroup cols="2"><tbody>
 <row>
   <entry><filename>null</filename></entry>
-  <entry>Everything pointed to this device will disappear</entry>
+  <entry>Everything written to this device will disappear</entry>
 </row><row>
   <entry><filename>zero</filename></entry>
   <entry>One can endlessly read zeros out of this device</entry>

-- 
Nathanael Nerode  <neroden@fastmail.fm>

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