Changeset 69993f4 for prologue


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Timestamp:
08/29/2004 06:36:34 PM (20 years ago)
Author:
Gerard Beekmans <gerard@…>
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Message:

Second round of edits for final release

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  • prologue/acknowledgments.xml

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    1717<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:gerard@linuxfromscratch.org">Gerard
    1818Beekmans</ulink> &lt;gerard@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- Linux From
    19 Scratch initiator, LFS Project organizer.</para></listitem>
     19Scratch initiator, LFS Project organizer</para></listitem>
    2020
    2121<listitem><para><ulink
    2222url="mailto:theladyskye@linuxfromscratch.org">Christine
    2323Barczak</ulink> &lt;theladyskye@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- LFS Book
    24 Editor.</para></listitem>
     24Editor</para></listitem>
    2525
    2626<listitem><para><ulink
    2727url="mailto:matthew@linuxfromscratch.org">Matthew Burgess</ulink>
    2828&lt;matthew@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- LFS Project Co-Leader, LFS
    29 General Package maintainer, LFS Technical Writer.</para></listitem>
     29general package maintainer, LFS Technical Writer.</para></listitem>
    3030
    3131<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:meerkats@bellsouth.net">Craig
    3232Colton</ulink> &lt;meerkats@bellsouth.net&gt; -- LFS, Automated Linux
    33 From Scratch (ALFS), Beyond Linux From Scratch (BLFS) and hints
    34 project logo creator.</para></listitem>
     33From Scratch (ALFS), BLFS and hints project logo
     34creator</para></listitem>
    3535
    3636<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:nathan@linuxfromscratch.org">Nathan
    37 Coulson</ulink> &lt;nathan@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- LFS Bootscripts
    38 maintainer.</para></listitem>
     37Coulson</ulink> &lt;nathan@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- LFS bootscripts
     38maintainer</para></listitem>
    3939
    4040<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:jeroen@linuxfromscratch.org">Jeroen
    4141Coumans</ulink> &lt;jeroen@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- Website
    42 developer, Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
    43 maintainer.</para></listitem>
     42developer, FAQ maintainer</para></listitem>
    4443
    4544<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org">Bruce
    4645Dubbs</ulink> &lt;bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- LFS Quality
    47 Assurance (QA) Team leader, BLFS Book editor.</para></listitem>
     46Assurance (QA) Team leader, BLFS Book Editor</para></listitem>
    4847
    4948<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:manuel@linuxfromscratch.org">Manuel
    5049Canales Esparcia</ulink> &lt;manuel@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- LFS
    51 XML/XSL Maintainer.</para></listitem>
     50XML/XSL maintainer</para></listitem>
    5251
    5352<listitem><para><ulink
    5453url="mailto:nicholas@linuxfromscratch.org">Nicholas Leippe</ulink>
    5554&lt;nicholas@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- Wiki
    56 maintainer.</para></listitem>
     55maintainer</para></listitem>
    5756
    5857<listitem><para><ulink
    5958url="mailto:lizardo@linuxfromscratch.org">Anderson Lizardo</ulink>
    6059&lt;lizardo@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- Website backend scripts
     60maintainer</para></listitem>
     61
     62<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:scot@linuxfromscratch.org">Scot Mc
     63Pherson</ulink> &lt;scot@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- LFS NNTP gateway
    6164maintainer.</para></listitem>
    62 
    63 <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:scot@linuxfromscratch.org">Scot Mc
    64 Pherson</ulink> &lt;scot@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- LFS Network News
    65 Transfer Protocol (NNTP) gateway maintainer.</para></listitem>
    6665
    6766<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:ryan@linuxfromscratch.org">Ryan
    6867Oliver</ulink> &lt;ryan@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- Testing Team
    6968leader, Toolchain maintainer, co-creator of Pure LFS
    70 (PLFS).</para></listitem>
     69(PLFS)</para></listitem>
    7170
    7271<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:semzx@newmail.ru">Alexander
    7372Patrakov</ulink> &lt;semzx@newmail.ru&gt; -- Former LFS Technical
    74 Writer.</para></listitem>
     73Writer</para></listitem>
    7574
    7675<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:jwrober@linuxfromscratch.org">James
    7776Robertson</ulink> &lt;jwrober@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- Bugzilla
    78 maintainer, Wiki developer, LFS Tecnical Writer.</para></listitem>
     77maintainer, Wiki developer, LFS Tecnical Writer</para></listitem>
    7978
    8079<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:tushar@linuxfromscratch.org">Tushar
    8180Teredesai</ulink> &lt;tushar@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- BLFS Book
    82 editor, hints and patches projects maintainer.</para></listitem>
     81Editor, hints and patches projects maintainer</para></listitem>
    8382
    8483<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:jeremy@linuxfromscratch.org">Jeremy
    8584Utley</ulink> &lt;jeremy@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- LFS Technical
    86 Writer, Bugzilla maintainer, LFS Bootscripts Maintainer, LFS Server
    87 co-administrator.</para></listitem>
     85Writer, Bugzilla maintainer, LFS bootscripts maintainer, LFS Server
     86co-administrator</para></listitem>
    8887
    8988<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:zwinkles@gmail.com">Zack
    9089Winkles</ulink> &lt;zwinkles@gmail.com&gt; -- Former LFS Technical
    91 Writer.</para></listitem>
     90Writer</para></listitem>
    9291
    9392<listitem><para>Countless other people on the various LFS and BLFS mailing lists
     
    106105<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:macana@lfs-es.org">Manuel Canales
    107106Esparcia</ulink> &lt;macana@lfs-es.org&gt; -- Spanish LFS translation
    108 project.</para></listitem>
     107project</para></listitem>
    109108
    110109<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:johan@linuxfromscratch.org">Johan
    111110Lenglet</ulink> &lt;johan@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- French LFS
    112 translation project.</para></listitem>
     111translation project</para></listitem>
    113112
    114113<listitem><para><ulink
    115114url="mailto:lizardo@linuxfromscratch.org">Anderson Lizardo</ulink>
    116115&lt;lizardo@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- Portuguese LFS translation
    117 project.</para></listitem>
     116project</para></listitem>
    118117
    119118<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:tr@erdfunkstelle.de">Thomas
    120119Reitelbach </ulink> &lt;tr@erdfunkstelle.de&gt; -- German LFS
    121 translation project.</para> </listitem>
     120translation project</para> </listitem>
    122121
    123122</itemizedlist>
     
    137136<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:miha@xuy.biz">Mikhail
    138137Pastukhov</ulink> &lt;miha@xuy.biz&gt; -- lfs.130th.net
    139 mirror.</para></listitem>
    140 
    141 <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:unknown@unknown.org">Unknown
    142 User</ulink> &lt;unknown@unknown.org&gt; -- lfs.crash404.com
    143 mirror.</para></listitem>
     138mirror</para></listitem>
    144139
    145140<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:lost@l-w.net">William Astle</ulink>
    146141&lt;lost@l-w.net&gt; -- ca.linuxfromscratch.org
    147 mirror.</para></listitem>
     142mirror</para></listitem>
    148143
    149144<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:jpolen@rackspace.com">Jeremy
    150145Polen</ulink> &lt;jpolen@rackspace.com&gt; -- us2.linuxfromscratch.org
    151 mirror.</para></listitem>
     146mirror</para></listitem>
    152147
    153148<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:tim@idge.net">Tim Jackson</ulink>
    154149&lt;tim@idge.net&gt; -- linuxfromscratch.idge.net
    155 mirror.</para></listitem>
     150mirror</para></listitem>
    156151
    157152<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:jeremy@linux-phreak.net">Jeremy
    158153Utley </ulink> &lt;jeremy@linux-phreak.net&gt; -- lfs.linux-phreak.net
    159 mirror</para></listitem>
     154mirror</para></listitem>
    160155
    161156</itemizedlist>
     
    169164<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:manuel@linuxfromscratch.org">Manuel
    170165Canales Esparcia</ulink> &lt;manuel@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; --
    171 lfsmirror.lfs-es.org mirror.</para></listitem>
     166lfsmirror.lfs-es.org mirror</para></listitem>
    172167
    173168<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:sysop@mesi.com.ar">Andres
    174169Meggiotto</ulink> &lt;sysop@mesi.com.ar&gt; -- lfs.mesi.com.ar
    175 mirror.</para></listitem>
     170mirror</para></listitem>
    176171
    177172<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:ebf@aedsolucoes.com.br">Eduardo B.
    178173Fonseca</ulink> &lt;ebf@aedsolucoes.com.br&gt; --
    179 br.linuxfromscratch.org mirror.</para></listitem>
     174br.linuxfromscratch.org mirror</para></listitem>
    180175
    181176</itemizedlist>
     
    189184<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:barna@siker.hu">Barna
    190185Koczka</ulink> &lt;barna@siker.hu&gt; -- hu.linuxfromscratch.org
    191 mirror.</para></listitem>
     186mirror</para></listitem>
    192187
    193188<listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.mirror.ac.uk">UK Mirror
    194189Service</ulink> -- linuxfromscratch.mirror.ac.uk
    195 mirror.</para></listitem>
     190mirror</para></listitem>
    196191
    197192<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:Martin.Voss@ada.de">Martin
    198193Voss</ulink> &lt;Martin.Voss@ada.de&gt; -- lfs.linux-matrix.net
    199 mirror.</para></listitem>
    200 
    201 <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:unknown@unknown.org">Unknown
    202 User</ulink> &lt;unknown@unknown.org&gt; -- mirror.vtx.ch
    203194mirror</para></listitem>
    204195
    205196<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:guido@primerelay.net">Guido
    206197Passet</ulink> &lt;guido@primerelay.net&gt; -- nl.linuxfromscratch.org
    207 mirror.</para></listitem>
     198mirror</para></listitem>
    208199
    209200<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:baafie@planet.nl">Bastiaan
     
    214205url="mailto:lfs-mirror@linuxfromscratch.rave.org">Roel Neefs</ulink>
    215206&lt;lfs-mirror@linuxfromscratch.rave.org&gt; --
    216 linuxfromscratch.rave.org mirror.</para></listitem>
     207linuxfromscratch.rave.org mirror</para></listitem>
    217208
    218209<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:justin@jrknierim.de">Justin
     
    222213<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:stevie@stevie20.de">Stephan
    223214Brendel</ulink> &lt;stevie@stevie20.de&gt; -- lfs.netservice-neuss.de
    224 mirror.</para></listitem>
    225 
    226 <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:unknown@unknown.org">Unknown
    227 User</ulink> &lt;unknown@unknown.org&gt; -- linuxfromscratch.je-zi.de
    228 mirror</para></listitem>
    229 
    230 <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:unknown@unknown.org">Unknown
    231 User</ulink> &lt;unknown@unknown.org&gt; --
    232 linuxfromscratch.tuxcenter.net mirror</para></listitem>
    233 
    234 <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:hrx@hrxnet.de">Hagen
    235 Herrschaft</ulink> &lt;hrx@hrxnet.de&gt; -- de.linuxfromscratch.org
    236 mirror.</para></listitem>
     215mirror</para></listitem>
    237216
    238217<listitem><para><ulink
    239218url="mailto:Antonin.Sprinzl@tuwien.ac.at">Antonin Sprinzl</ulink>
    240219&lt;Antonin.Sprinzl@tuwien.ac.at&gt; -- at.linuxfromscratch.org
    241 mirror.</para></listitem>
     220mirror</para></listitem>
    242221
    243222<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:fredan-lfs@fredan.org">Fredrik
    244223Danerklint</ulink> &lt;fredan-lfs@fredan.org&gt; --
    245 se.linuxfromscratch.org mirror.</para></listitem>
     224se.linuxfromscratch.org mirror</para></listitem>
    246225
    247226<listitem><para><ulink
    248227url="mailto:archive@doc.cs.univ-paris8.fr">Parisian sysadmins</ulink>
    249228&lt;archive@doc.cs.univ-paris8.fr&gt; -- www2.fr.linuxfromscratch.org
    250 mirror.</para></listitem>
     229mirror</para></listitem>
    251230
    252231<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:velin@zadnik.org">Alexander
    253232Velin</ulink> &lt;velin@zadnik.org&gt; -- bg.linuxfromscratch.org
    254 mirror.</para></listitem>
     233mirror</para></listitem>
    255234
    256235<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:dirk@securewebservices.co.uk"> Dirk
     
    260239<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:thomas@sofagang.dk">Thomas
    261240Skyt</ulink> &lt;thomas@sofagang.dk&gt; -- dk.linuxfromscratch.org
    262 mirror.</para></listitem>
     241mirror</para></listitem>
    263242
    264243<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:sime@dot-sime.com">Simon
    265244Nicoll</ulink> &lt;sime@dot-sime.com&gt; -- uk.linuxfromscratch.org
    266 mirror.</para></listitem>
     245mirror</para></listitem>
    267246
    268247</itemizedlist>
     
    276255<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:pyng@spam.averse.net">Pui
    277256Yong</ulink> &lt;pyng@spam.averse.net&gt; -- sg.linuxfromscratch.org
    278 mirror.</para></listitem>
     257mirror</para></listitem>
    279258
    280259<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:stuart@althalus.me.uk">Stuart
     
    282261lfs.mirror.intermedia.com.sg mirror</para></listitem>
    283262
    284 <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:unknown@unknown.org">Unknown
    285 User</ulink> &lt;unknown@unknown.org&gt; -- lfs.mirror.if.itb.ac.id
    286 mirror</para></listitem>
    287 
    288263</itemizedlist>
    289264
     
    296271<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:jason@dstc.edu.au">Jason
    297272Andrade</ulink> &lt;jason@dstc.edu.au&gt; -- au.linuxfromscratch.org
    298 mirror.</para></listitem>
     273mirror</para></listitem>
    299274
    300275</itemizedlist>
     
    310285<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:dean@vipersoft.co.uk">Dean
    311286Benson</ulink> &lt;dean@vipersoft.co.uk&gt; for several monetary
    312 contributions.</para></listitem>
     287contributions</para></listitem>
    313288
    314289<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:hrx@hrxnet.de">Hagen
    315290Herrschaft</ulink> &lt;hrx@hrxnet.de&gt; for donating a 2.2 GHz P4
    316 system, now running under the name of Lorien.</para></listitem>
     291system, now running under the name of Lorien</para></listitem>
    317292
    318293<listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.vasoftware.com">VA
    319294Software</ulink> who, on behalf of <ulink
    320295url="http://www.linux.com">Linux.com</ulink>, donated a VA Linux 420
    321 (former StartX SP2) workstation.</para></listitem>
     296(former StartX SP2) workstation</para></listitem>
    322297
    323298<listitem><para>Mark Stone for donating Belgarath, the
    324 linuxfromscratch.org server.</para></listitem>
    325 
    326 <listitem><para>Countless other people on the various LFS mailing lists who made
    327 this book even better by giving their suggestions, submitting bug
    328 reports, and providing comments.</para></listitem>
     299linuxfromscratch.org server</para></listitem>
    329300
    330301</itemizedlist>
  • prologue/audience.xml

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    99
    1010<para>There are many reasons why somebody would want to read this
    11 book. The principle reason being to install a Linux system straight
     11book. The principle reason is to install a Linux system straight
    1212from the source code. A question many people raise is, <quote>why go
    1313through all the hassle of manually building a Linux system from
     
    3232<para>Another benefit of LFS is the ability to create a very compact
    3333Linux system. When installing a regular distribution, one is often
    34 forced to install several programs which are probably never used. They
    35 waste precious disk space, or worse, CPU cycles. It isn't difficult to
    36 build an LFS system of less than 100 megabytes (MB), which is
    37 substantially smaller compared to most existing setups.  Does this
    38 still sound like a lot of space? A few of us have been working on
     34forced to install several programs which are probably never used.
     35These programs waste precious disk space, or worse, CPU cycles. It is
     36not difficult to build an LFS system of less than 100 megabytes (MB),
     37which is substantially smaller compared to most existing setups.  Does
     38this still sound like a lot of space? A few of us have been working on
    3939creating a very small embedded LFS system. We successfully built a
    40 system that was just enough to run the Apache web server with
     40system that was specialized to run the Apache web server with
    4141approximately 8MB of disk space used. Further stripping could bring
    42 that down to 5 MB or less.  Try that with a regular distribution!
     42this down to 5 MB or less.  Try that with a regular distribution!
    4343This is only one of the many benefits of designing your own Linux
    4444implementation.</para>
    4545
    46 <para>We could compare Linux distributions to a hamburger you buy at a
    47 fast-food restaurant -- you have no idea what might be in what you are
    48 eating. LFS, on the other hand, doesn't give you a hamburger, but
    49 rather the recipe to make a hamburger. This allows you to review the
    50 recipe, omit unwanted ingredients, and add your own ingredients to
    51 enhance the flavor of your burger. When you are satisfied with the
    52 recipe, move on to preparing it. It can be made to exact
    53 specifications -- broil it, bake it, deep-fry it or barbecue
    54 it.</para>
     46<para>We could compare Linux distributions to a hamburger purchased at
     47a fast-food restaurant&mdash;you have no idea what might be in what
     48you are eating. LFS, on the other hand, does not give you a hamburger.
     49Rather, LFS provides the recipe to make the exact hamburger desired.
     50This allows users to review the recipe, omit unwanted ingredients, and
     51add your own your own ingredients to enhance the flavor of the burger.
     52When you are satisfied with the recipe, move on to preparing it. It
     53can be made to exact specifications&mdash;broil it, bake it, deep-fry
     54it, or barbecue it.</para>
    5555
    5656<para>Another analogy that we can use is that of comparing LFS with a
    57 finished house. LFS provides the skeletal plan of a house, but it's up
     57finished house. LFS provides the skeletal plan of a house, but it is up
    5858to you to build it. LFS maintains the freedom to adjust plans
    5959throughout the process, customizing it to the user's needs and
     
    6464empowered to audit everything and apply all the security patches
    6565desired. It is no longer necessary to wait for somebody else to
    66 compile binary packages that fix a security hole, and unless you
     66compile binary packages that fix a security hole. Unless you
    6767examine the patch and implement it yourself, you have no guarantee
    6868that the new binary package was built correctly and adequately fixes
     
    7272foundation-level system. Readers who do not wish to build their own
    7373Linux system from scratch may not benefit from the information in this
    74 book. If you only want to know what happens while your computer boots,
     74book. If you only want to know what happens while the computer boots,
    7575we recommend the <quote>From Power Up To Bash Prompt</quote> HOWTO
    7676located at <ulink url="http://axiom.anu.edu.au/~okeefe/p2b/"/> or on
    7777The Linux Documentation Project's (TLDP) website at <ulink
    7878url="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/From-PowerUp-To-Bash-Prompt.html"/>.
    79 The HOWTO builds a bare system which is similar to that of this book,
     79The HOWTO builds a system which is similar to that of this book,
    8080but it focuses strictly on creating a system capable of booting to a
    8181BASH prompt. Consider your objective. If you wish to build a Linux
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    1515
    1616<copyright id="copyright">
    17         <year>1999-2004</year>
     17        <year>1999&ndash;2004</year>
    1818        <holder>Gerard Beekmans</holder>
    1919</copyright>
    2020
    21 
    22 <abstract>
    23 <para>This book describes the process of creating a Linux system from
    24 scratch, using nothing but the sources of the required software.</para>
    25 </abstract>
    26 
    27 
    2821<legalnotice>
    29 <para>Copyright (c) 1999-2004, Gerard Beekmans</para>
     22<para>Copyright (c) 1999&ndash;2004, Gerard Beekmans</para>
    3023
    3124<para>All rights reserved.</para>
     
    3831
    3932<listitem><para>Redistributions in any form must retain the above copyright
    40 notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.</para></listitem>
     33notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer</para></listitem>
    4134
    4235<listitem><para>Neither the name of <quote>Linux From Scratch</quote> nor the
    4336names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
    44 from  this material without specific prior written permission.</para></listitem>
     37from  this material without specific prior written permission</para></listitem>
    4538
    4639<listitem><para>Any material derived from Linux From Scratch must contain
    47 a reference to the <quote>Linux From Scratch</quote> project.</para></listitem>
     40a reference to the <quote>Linux From Scratch</quote> project</para></listitem>
    4841
    4942</itemizedlist>
     
    6255</legalnotice>
    6356
     57</bookinfo>
    6458
    65 </bookinfo>
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    88<para>This book is dedicated</para>
    99</dedication>
     10
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    1111installed my first distribution. After working with it for awhile, I
    1212discovered issues I definitely would have liked to see improved upon.
    13 For example, I didn't like the arrangement of the bootscripts, the way
     13For example, I didn't like the arrangement of the bootscripts or the way
    1414programs were configured by default. I tried a number of alternate
    1515distributions to address these issues, yet each had it pros and cons.
     
    3232allowed me to create compact and streamlined Linux systems which are
    3333faster and take up less space than traditional operating systems. I
    34 called this system a Linux From Scratch system, or LFS system for
     34called this system a Linux From Scratch system, or an LFS system for
    3535short.</para>
    3636
     
    4141also serve as an ideal learning opportunity for programmers and system
    4242administrators to enhance their Linux skills. Out of this broadened
    43 interest, the Linux From Scratch project was born.</para>
     43interest, the Linux From Scratch Project was born.</para>
    4444
    4545<para>This <emphasis>Linux From Scratch</emphasis> book provides
  • prologue/organization.xml

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    88<?dbhtml filename="organization.html"?>
    99
    10 <para>This book is divided into the following parts:</para>
     10<para>This book is divided into the following parts.</para>
    1111
    1212<sect2>
     
    1515<para>Part I explains a few important notes on how to proceed with the
    1616LFS installation.  This section also provides meta-information about
    17 the book (version, changelog, acknowledgments, associated mailing
    18 lists, etc.).</para>
     17the book.</para>
    1918</sect2>
    2019
    2120<sect2>
    22 <title>Part II - Preparing for the build</title>
     21<title>Part II - Preparing for the Build</title>
    2322
    2423<para>Part II describes how to prepare for the building process?making
     
    2827
    2928<sect2>
    30 <title>Part III - Building the LFS system</title>
     29<title>Part III - Building the LFS System</title>
    3130
    3231<para>Part III guides the reader through the building of the LFS
    33 system -- compiling and installing all the packages one by one,
     32system&mdash;compiling and installing all the packages one by one,
    3433setting up the boot scripts, and installing the kernel. The resulting
    3534Linux system is the foundation on which other software can be built to
    36 extend the system as desired. At the end of this book, there is an
     35expand the system as desired. At the end of this book, there is an
    3736easy to use reference listing all of the programs, libraries, and
    3837important files that have been installed.</para>
  • prologue/prerequisites.xml

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    1313
    1414<itemizedlist>
    15 <listitem><para>Software-Building-HOWTO -- <ulink
     15<listitem><para>Software-Building-HOWTO &ndash; <ulink
    1616url="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Software-Building-HOWTO.html"/></para>
    1717
     
    1919<quote>generic</quote> Unix software distributions under Linux.</para></listitem>
    2020
    21 <listitem><para>The Linux Users' Guide -- <ulink url="http://espc22.murdoch.edu.au/~stewart/guide/guide.html"/></para>
     21<listitem><para>The Linux Users' Guide &ndash;<ulink url="http://espc22.murdoch.edu.au/~stewart/guide/guide.html"/></para>
    2222
    2323<para>This guide covers the usage of assorted Linux software.</para></listitem>
    2424
    25 <listitem><para>The Essential Pre-Reading Hint -- <ulink url="&hints-root;essential_prereading.txt"/></para>
     25<listitem><para>The Essential Pre-Reading Hint &ndash; <ulink url="&hints-root;essential_prereading.txt"/></para>
    2626
    27 <para>This is an LFS Hint written specifically for users new to Linux. It
    28 also includes a list of links to excellent sources of information on a
    29 wide range of topics. Any person attempting to install LFS should have
    30 an understanding of many of the topics in this hint.</para></listitem>
     27<para>This is an LFS Hint written specifically for users new to Linux.
     28It includes a list of links to excellent sources of information on a
     29wide range of topics. Anyone attempting to install LFS should have an
     30understanding of many of the topics in this hint.</para></listitem>
    3131
    3232</itemizedlist>
  • prologue/typography.xml

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    4444EOF</userinput></screen>
    4545
    46 <para>This type is used when creating configuration files. The first
     46<para>This format is used when creating configuration files. The first
    4747command tells the system to create the file
    4848<filename>$LFS/etc/group</filename> from whatever is typed on the
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