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during the distribution installation to be able to access these
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tools.</para>
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+<para>As an alternative to installing an entire separate
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+distribution onto your machine, you may wish to use the Linux From
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+Scratch LiveCD. The CD works well as a host sytem, providing all
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+the tools you need to successfully follow the instructions in this
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+book. Additionally, it contains all the source packages, patches and
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+a copy of this book. So once you have the CD, no network connection or
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+additional downloads are necessary. For more information about the LFS
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+LiveCD or to download a copy, visit
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+<ulink url="http://linuxfromscratch.org/~jhuntwork/livecd/"/></para>
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<para><xref linkend="chapter-partitioning"/> of this book describes how
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to create a new Linux native partition and file system, the place
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where the new LFS system will be compiled and installed. <xref
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