[gnome-system-monitor/wip/mallard-help: 8/60] wrote draft of fs-device modified: fs-device.page



commit ce9d4a473ad9991a4798b406ed962227a869fdad
Author: Kelly Sinnott <ksinnott5ht gmail com>
Date:   Mon Jul 25 17:33:23 2011 -0700

    wrote draft of fs-device
        modified:   fs-device.page

 help/C/fs-device.page |   17 +++++++++--------
 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/help/C/fs-device.page b/help/C/fs-device.page
index 0eb9969..0c0d95f 100644
--- a/help/C/fs-device.page
+++ b/help/C/fs-device.page
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
       type="topic" style="task"
       id="fs-device">
   <info>
-    <revision version="0.1" date="2011-06-18" status="stub"/>
+    <revision version="0.1" date="2011-07-25" status="review"/>
     <!--<link type="guide" xref="..." />-->
 
     <credit type="author copyright">
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@
       <email>philbull gmail com</email>
       <years>2011</years>
     </credit>
+    <credit type="author copyright">
+      <name>Kelly Sinnott</name>
+      <email>ksinnott5ht gmail com</email>
+      <years>2011</years>
+    </credit>
 
     <desc>Each device corresponds to a <em>partition</em> on a hard disk.</desc>
   </info>
@@ -18,15 +23,11 @@
 
   <comment>
     <cite date="2011-06-18" href="mailto:philbull gmail com">Phil Bull</cite>
-    <p>Explain what is meant by a 'device' in the File System tab. Explain the difference between partitions 
and physical hard disks. Briefly explain how the disk identifiers (/dev/sda1...) provide some information on 
which disk a partition is on. Explain how you can use Palimpsest to learn more about the disk setup.</p>
   </comment>
 
-  <p>Short introductory text...</p>
+    <p>The <gui>File Systems</gui> tab of <app>System Monitor</app> displays a list of the <em>disk 
devices</em> on your computer. The path given in the column <gui>Device</gui> is an interface assigned by 
your computer during start-up to a given <em>partition</em> of the disk it exists on. The term "partition" 
describes one or more physical areas of storage on a single physical drive. The computer makes these 
partitions accessible to the user via an assigned <em>file system</em> in a process referred to as 
<em>mounting</em>. The <gui>Device</gui> column shows the automatically assigned interface (which may or may 
not be mounted) while the <gui>Directory</gui> column shows the mounted location. You can double-click the 
device to open up the mounted directory in <app>Nautilus</app>.</p>
+    <p>The identifiers assigned by the computer (in the <gui>Device</gui> column) reflect the physical 
location of each device. <cmd>/dev/sda</cmd> is the first disk. <cmd>/dev/sda1</cmd> is the first partition 
on the first disk. <cmd>/dev/sdb2</cmd> is the second partition on the second disk, and so on. The final 
letter describes the disk, and the number describes the partition on that disk.</p>
 
-  <steps>
-    <item><p>First step...</p></item>
-    <item><p>Second step...</p></item>
-    <item><p>Third step...</p></item>
-  </steps>
+    <note><p>To learn more about disk setup, look for the <app>Disk Utility</app> application in the 
<gui>Activities</gui> menu. This tool provides comprehensive information about your computer's drives and 
their partitions.</p></note>
 
 </page>


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