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- <sect1 id="ch01-how">
- <title>How things are going to be done</title>
- <para>
- We are going to build the LFS system by using an already installed Linux
- distribution such as Debian, SuSE, Slackware, Mandrake, RedHat, etc. There
- is no need to have any kind of bootdisk. We will use an existing Linux
- system as the base (since we need a compiler, linker, text editor, and
- other tools).
- </para>
- <para>
- If Linux was not installed yet, it is not possible to put this
- book to use right away. I suggest to first install a Linux
- distribution. It really doesn't matter which one is installed. It also
- doesn't need to be the latest version, though it shouldn't be too old.
- If it is about a year old or newer it should do just fine. It will save
- a lot of trouble if the normal system uses glibc-2.1 or newer.
- Libc5 isn't supported by this book, though it isn't impossible to use a
- libc5 system if there is no choice.
- </para>
- </sect1>
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