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chapter08/fstab.xml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 <para>In order for certain programs to be able to determine where certain
 partitions are supposed to be mounted by default, the /etc/fstab file is
-used. A new file <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> is created containing the
+used. Create a new file <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> containing the
 following:</para>
 
 <para><screen><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/fstab &lt;&lt; "EOF"</userinput>

chapter08/kernel.xml

@@ -7,14 +7,16 @@ Estimated required disk space:  &kernel-compsize;</screen>
 <para>Building the kernel involves a few steps: configuring it and compiling
 it. There are a few ways to configure the kernel. If you don't like the
 way this book does it, read the <filename>README</filename> that comes
-with the kernel source tree, and find out what the options are.</para>
+with the kernel source tree, and find out what the other options are.</para>
 
 <para>Something you could do, is take the .config file from your host
 distribution's kernel source tree and copy it to $LFS/usr/src/linux.
 This way you don't have to configure the entire kernel from scratch and
 can use your current values. If you choose to do this, first run the
 make mrproper command below, then copy the .config file over, then run
-make menuconfig.</para>
+make menuconfig (make oldconfig may be better in some situations. See
+the <filename>README</filename> file for more details when to use make
+oldconfig).</para>
 
 <para>The following commands are run to build the kernel:</para>
 

chapter08/lilo.xml

@@ -26,25 +26,25 @@ image=/boot/lfskernel
         read-only
 <userinput>EOF</userinput></screen></para>
 
-<para>&lt;partition&gt; must be replaced by the LFS 
+<para>&lt;partition&gt; must be replaced with the LFS 
 partition's designation.</para>
 
 <para>Also note that if you are using reiserfs for your root partition,
 the line <userinput>read-only</userinput> should be changed to
 <userinput>read-write</userinput>.</para>
 
-<para>Now the boot loader gets updated by running:</para>
+<para>Now, update the boot loader by running:</para>
 
 <para><screen><userinput>/sbin/lilo</userinput></screen></para>
 
-<para>The last step is syncing the host system lilo config. files with the
-LFS system:</para>
+<para>The last step is synchronizing the host system's lilo
+configuration files with the LFS system's:</para>
 
 <para><screen><userinput>cp /etc/lilo.conf $LFS/etc &amp;&amp;</userinput>
 <userinput>cp &lt;kernel images&gt; $LFS/boot</userinput></screen></para>
 
 <para>To find out which kernel images files are being used, look at the
-/etc/lilo.conf file and find the lines starting with
+/etc/lilo.conf file and look for the lines starting with
 <emphasis>image=</emphasis>. If your host system has kernel files in
 other places than the /boot directory, make sure you update the paths
 in the $LFS/etc/lilo.conf file so that it does look for them in the