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  <title>Structure</title>

  <para>This book is divided into the following parts.</para>

  <sect2>
    <title>Part I - Introduction</title>

    <para>Part I explains a few important notes on how to proceed with the
    LFS installation.  This section also provides meta-information about
    the book.</para>
  </sect2>

  <sect2>
    <title>Part II - Preparing for the Build</title>

    <para>Part II describes how to prepare for the building process&mdash;making
    a partition, downloading the packages, and compiling temporary
    tools.</para>
  </sect2>

  <sect2>
    <title>Part III - Building the LFS System</title>

    <para>Part III guides the reader through the building of the LFS
    system&mdash;compiling and installing all the packages one by one,
    setting up the boot scripts, and installing the kernel. The resulting
    Linux system is the foundation on which other software can be built to
    expand the system as desired. At the end of this book, there is an
    easy to use reference listing all of the programs, libraries, and
    important files that have been installed.</para>
  </sect2>

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