Updated the discussion in Chapter 1 explaining that the LiveCD is out of date.

Added a paragraph to the note in the packages page explaining that bandwidth
can be saved when making multiple updates within a minor kernel release by
downloading a base version and patches.



git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@8675 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

3 files changed, 32 insertions, 18 deletions

diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index b7fc187e3..25693b122 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -38,6 +38,21 @@
 -->
 
     <listitem>
+      <para>2008-10-19</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Updated the discussion in Chapter 1 explaining that the 
+          LiveCD is out of date.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Added a paragraph to the note in the packages page 
+          explaining that bandwidth can be saved when making multiple updates within a
+          minor kernel release by downloading a base version and patches.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
+    <listitem>
       <para>2008-10-18</para>
       <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>
@@ -48,7 +63,6 @@
       </itemizedlist>
     </listitem>
 
-
     <listitem>
       <para>2008-10-15</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/chapter01/how.xml b/chapter01/how.xml
index f28e16d91..dad41c91d 100644
--- a/chapter01/how.xml
+++ b/chapter01/how.xml
@@ -18,27 +18,20 @@
   during the distribution installation to be able to access these
   tools.</para>
 
-  <para>As an alternative to installing a separate distribution
-  onto your machine, you may wish to use the Linux From Scratch LiveCD.
-  The CD works well as a host system, providing all the tools you need
-  to successfully follow the instructions in this book. Additionally,
-  it contains all the source packages, patches and a copy of this book.
-  So once you have the CD, no network connection or additional downloads
-  are necessary. For more information about the LFS LiveCD or to download
-  a copy, visit <ulink url="&livecd-root;"/>.</para>
+	<para>As an alternative to installing a separate distribution onto your
+	machine, you may wish to use the Linux From Scratch LiveCD or a LiveCD from a
+	commercial distribution.  The LFS LiveCD works well as a host system,
+	providing all the tools you need to successfully follow the instructions in
+	this book. Unfortunately, development of the LiveCD has not progressed
+	recently and it only contains older versions of the source packages and
+	patches (for those ISOs not labels -nosrc or -min), and this book.  For more
+	information about the LFS LiveCD or to download a copy, visit <ulink
+	url="&livecd-root;"/>.</para>
 
   <note>
     <para>The LFS LiveCD might not work on newer hardware configurations,
-    failing to boot or failing to detect some devices, like SATA hard
+    failing to boot or failing to detect some devices, some like SATA hard
     drives.</para>
-
-    <para>The LFS LiveCD team is working to fix these issues, but they need your
-    help testing it, reporting found problems, and collaborating on the LiveCD
-    development.</para>
-
-    <para>Please, send your LFS LiveCD reports or development help collaborations
-    to the <ulink url="mailto:livecd@linuxfromscratch.org">LFS LiveCD
-    mailing list</ulink>.</para>
   </note>
 
   <para><xref linkend="chapter-partitioning"/> of this book describes how
diff --git a/chapter03/packages.xml b/chapter03/packages.xml
index 3d4412728..2948594da 100644
--- a/chapter03/packages.xml
+++ b/chapter03/packages.xml
@@ -332,6 +332,13 @@
           discoveries of security vulnerabilities.  The latest available
           &linux-major-version;.&linux-minor-version;.x kernel version should be
           used, unless the errata page says otherwise.</para>
+
+          <para>For users with limited speed or expensive bandwidth who wish to
+          update the Linux kernel, a baseline version of the package and
+          patches can be downloaded separately.  This may save some time or
+          cost for a subsequent patch level upgrade within a minor release.
+          <para>
+
         </note>
       </listitem>
     </varlistentry>