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 	Linux kernel release 2.1.xx
 
 These are the release notes for Linux version 2.1.  Read them carefully,
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 CONFIGURING the kernel:
 
- - Do a "make config" to configure the basic kernel.  "make config"
-   needs bash to work: it will search for bash in $BASH, /bin/bash and
-   /bin/sh (in that order), so hopefully one of those is correct. 
+ - Do a "make config" to configure the basic kernel.  "make config" needs
+   bash to work: it will search for bash in $BASH, /bin/bash and /bin/sh
+   (in that order), so one of those must be correct for it to work. 
 
-   (Do not skip this step even if you are only upgrading one minor
+   Do not skip this step even if you are only upgrading one minor
    version.  New configuration options are added in each release, and
    odd problems will turn up if the configuration files are not set up
    as expected.  If you want to carry your existing configuration to a
    new version with minimal work, use "make oldconfig", which will
-   only ask you for the answers to new questions.)
+   only ask you for the answers to new questions.
 
  - Alternate configuration commands are:
 	"make menuconfig"  Text based color menus, radiolists & dialogs.
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    kernel.
 
  - Do a "make zImage" to create a compressed kernel image.  If you want
-   to make a bootdisk (without root filesystem or lilo), insert a floppy
+   to make a boot disk (without root filesystem or LILO), insert a floppy
    in your A: drive, and do a "make zdisk".  It is also possible to do
    "make zlilo" if you have lilo installed to suit the kernel makefiles,
    but you may want to check your particular lilo setup first. 

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