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1999-11-03 OKUJI Yoshinori <okuji@kuicr.kyoto-u.ac.jp>
* docs/tutorial.texi: Fix typos by ispell.
* docs/user-ref.texi: Likewise.
* docs/prog-ref.texi: Likewise.
* docs/appendices.texi: Likewise.
1999-11-03 OKUJI Yoshinori <okuji@kuicr.kyoto-u.ac.jp>
* stage2/fsys_ext2fs.c (struct ext2_dir_entry): Changed the type

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@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ should mean what format is used in the partition, such as filesystem and
BSD slices, and should not be used to represent what operating system
owns the partition. So use @samp{0x83} if the partition contains ext2fs
filesystem, and use @samp{0xA5} if the partition contains ffs
fielsystem, whether the partition owner is Hurd or not. We will use
filesystem, whether the partition owner is Hurd or not. We will use
@samp{0x63} for GNU Hurd filesystem that has not been implemented yet.
@item I've installed a recent version of binutils, but GRUB still crashes.
@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ obtained from:
@c Do not change alpha.gnu.org:/gnu/hurd/src to the URI, since TeX does
@c not format it well.
GRUB is avaliable from the GNU alpha archive site
GRUB is available from the GNU alpha archive site
@url{alpha.gnu.org:/gnu/hurd/src} or any of its mirrors. The file
will be named grub-version.tar.gz. The current version is
@value{VERSION}, so the file you should grab is:

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@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ Contain the @dfn{drive} part of the root device.
Contain the @dfn{partition} part of the root device.
@item part_start
Contain the current parition starting address.
Contain the current partition starting address.
@item part_length
Contain the current partition length, in sectors.
@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ describes some techniques on how to guess mappings (@pxref{BIOS device
mapping techniques, Multiboot Specification, BIOS device mapping
techniques, multiboot, The Multiboot Specification}).
However, the techniques decribed are unreliable or difficult to be
However, the techniques described are unreliable or difficult to be
implemented, so we use a different technique from them in GRUB. Our
technique is @dfn{INT 13H tracking technique}. More precisely, it runs
the INT 13 call (@pxref{Low-level disk I/O}) in single-step mode just

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@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ or GNU Hurd kernel). The kernel, in turn, initializes the rest of the
operating system (usually GNU).
GRUB can load a wide variety of free operating systems as well as
chain-loading@footnote{@dfn{chain-load} is the machanism for loading
chain-loading@footnote{@dfn{chain-load} is the mechanism for loading
unsupported operating systems by loading another boot loader.}
proprietary operating systems. The important feature in GRUB
is flexibility; GRUB can understand filesystems and kernel executable
formats, so you can load an arbitary operating system as you like
formats, so you can load an arbitrary operating system as you like
without recording the position of your kernel on the disk.
Therefore, you have to specify the drive/partition where your kernel
@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ how to boot your operating systems from GRUB in the next chapter.
For Multiboot-compliant kernels, GRUB can load them in a consistent way,
but, for some free operating systems, you need to use some OS-specific
magics.
magic.
@menu
* Booting a Multiboot-compliant OS::

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@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ which is a BIOS drive number, so the following are equivalent:
@end example
@var{part-num} represents the partition number of @var{bios-device},
starting from zero for primary partitions and from four for extened
starting from zero for primary partitions and from four for extended
partitions, and @var{bsd-subpart-letter} represents the BSD disklabel
subpartition, such as @samp{a} or @samp{e}.
@ -948,7 +948,7 @@ more flexible command @command{install} in the backend and installs GRUB
into the device @var{install_device}. If @var{image_device} is
specified, then find the GRUB images in the device @var{image_device},
otherwise use the current @dfn{root device}, which can be set by the
command @command{root}. If @var{install_dvice} is a hard disk, then
command @command{root}. If @var{install_device} is a hard disk, then
embed a Stage 1.5 in the disk if possible.
@end deffn
@ -1361,5 +1361,5 @@ Print a summary of the command line options and exit.
Print the version number of GRUB and exit.
@item --quiet
Supress all normal output.
Suppress all normal output.
@end table