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authorMike Pritchard <mpp@FreeBSD.org>1996-12-26 21:53:11 +0000
committerMike Pritchard <mpp@FreeBSD.org>1996-12-26 21:53:11 +0000
commitf52a35b581cf0f8f623c2f67f59e2d46a02bf957 (patch)
tree05c486e5188e88b555c779b5a2ce3d9ad9fe9451 /usr.sbin/sysinstall/help/network_device.hlp
parent43d7fd0390422dd4e13f3d388a6708e4f145d345 (diff)
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diff --git a/usr.sbin/sysinstall/help/network_device.hlp b/usr.sbin/sysinstall/help/network_device.hlp
index 81bf6f285f1fa..7151e91ba9070 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/sysinstall/help/network_device.hlp
+++ b/usr.sbin/sysinstall/help/network_device.hlp
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ You can do network installations over 3 types of communications links:
Serial port: SLIP / PPP
Parallel port: PLIP (laplink cable)
- Ethernet: A standard ethernet controller (includes some
+ Ethernet: A standard Ethernet controller (includes some
PCMCIA networking cards).
SLIP support is rather primitive and limited primarily to directly
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ parallel port cable. The data rate over the parallel port is much
higher than what is typically possible over a serial line, and speeds
of up to 50KB/sec are not uncommon.
-Finally, for the fastest possible network installation, an ethernet
+Finally, for the fastest possible network installation, an Ethernet
adaptor is always a good choice! FreeBSD supports most common PC
-ethernet cards, a table of which is provided in the FreeBSD Hardware
+Ethernet cards, a table of which is provided in the FreeBSD Hardware
Guide (see the Documentation menu on the boot floppy). If you are
-using one of the supported PCMCIA ethernet cards, also be sure that
+using one of the supported PCMCIA Ethernet cards, also be sure that
it's plugged in _before_ the laptop is powered on! FreeBSD does not,
unfortunately, currently support "hot insertion" of PCMCIA cards.
@@ -52,5 +52,5 @@ possibly the address of a gateway (if you're using PPP, it's your
provider's IP address) to use in talking to it. If you do not know
the answers to all or most of these questions then you should really
probably talk to your system administrator _first_ before trying this
-type of installation! Chosing the wrong IP address on a busy network
+type of installation! Choosing the wrong IP address on a busy network
will NOT make you popular with your systems administrator! :-)