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| author | Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2008-10-19 19:20:58 +0000 |
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| committer | Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2008-10-19 19:20:58 +0000 |
| commit | 10bd240370df4938f364f4c6e0c0a87b41147e48 (patch) | |
| tree | c1e4392a0513f3c5475f13fdbbd9096c6fec3dec /chapter01/how.xml | |
| parent | 9047098ea1339deffa9a7973fb151efb2216ac05 (diff) | |
Updated the discussion in Chapter 1 explaining that the LiveCD is out of date.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.
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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 |