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Bug 82559 - Confusing text "Create and activate the swap now" in section 4.d Creating Filesystems
Summary: Confusing text "Create and activate the swap now" in section 4.d Creating Fil...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: [OLD] Docs-user
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Gentoo Linux x86 Installation Guide (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED)
URL: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook...
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Reported: 2005-02-19 04:06 UTC by carthik
Modified: 2005-02-20 04:39 UTC (History)
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Description carthik 2005-02-19 04:06:56 UTC
The last sentence in the "Creating Filesystems" section, Section 4.d of the x86 Installation Guide, reads:
"Create and activate the swap now."

The few steps before the statement deal with creating a new swap partitions and "swapon"ing it, thus creating and activating the swap. It is confusing to be told "Create and activate the swap now." immediately after having been guided through creating and activating the swap :)

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Visit http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=4
2. Read section 4.d 
3. Wonder why after creating and activating the swap, you are asked to "create and activate the swap now.

Actual Results:  
Nothing remarkable - this is a documentation error.

Expected Results:  
The document should not have the offending line.
Comment 1 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-02-20 04:39:02 UTC
The text above doesn't mention you need to do it, it just informs you how things would be done. This paragraph said "do it".

I've rewritten the sentence to be a bit more clear on this.