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authorThomas Balu Walter <tw@itreff.de>2001-03-16 17:52:55 +0000
committerThomas Balu Walter <tw@itreff.de>2001-03-16 17:52:55 +0000
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<para>
We are going to build the LFS system by using an already installed Linux
-distribution such as Debian, SuSE, Slackware, Mandrake, RedHat, etc. You
-don't need to have any kind of bootdisk. We will use an existing 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 you don't have Linux installed yet, you won't be able to put this
-book to use right away. I suggest you first install a Linux
-distribution. It really doesn't matter which one you install. It also
+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. You will save
-yourself a lot of trouble if your normal system uses glibc-2.1 or newer.
+If it is about a year old or newer it should do just fine. It will save
+a lot of trouble if your 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 you have no choice.
+libc5 system if there is no choice.
</para>
</sect1>