More miscellaneous adjustments.

git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@2919 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

3 files changed, 44 insertions, 43 deletions

diff --git a/chapter01/acknowledgements.xml b/chapter01/acknowledgements.xml
index 50ae95043..81289576b 100644
--- a/chapter01/acknowledgements.xml
+++ b/chapter01/acknowledgements.xml
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ contributions to the Linux From Scratch Project.</para>
 <itemizedlist>
 
 <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:gerard@linuxfromscratch.org">Gerard
-Beekmans</ulink> &lt;gerard@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- LFS Project
-Organization/Leadership.</para></listitem>
+Beekmans</ulink> &lt;gerard@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- Linux-From-Scratch
+initiator, LFS Project organizer.</para></listitem>
 
 <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:matthew@linuxfromscratch.org">Matthew
 Burgess</ulink> &lt;matthew@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- LFS General Package
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ maintainer.</para></listitem>
 
 <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:bruce@linuxfromscratch.org">Bruce
 Dubbs</ulink> &lt;bruce@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- LFS Quality Assurance Team
-Leader, BLFS Book editor.</para></listitem>
+leader, BLFS Book editor.</para></listitem>
 
 <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:alex@linuxfromscratch.org">Alex
 Groenewoud</ulink> &lt;alex@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- LFS Book
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@ editor.</para></listitem>
 
 <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:markh@linuxfromscratch.org">Mark
 Hymers</ulink> &lt;markh@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- CVS maintainer, BLFS Book
-Creator, former LFS Book editor.</para></listitem>
+creator, former LFS Book editor.</para></listitem>
 
 <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:iwanek@linuxfromscratch.org">James
 Iwanek</ulink> &lt;iwanek@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- System Administration
-team member.</para></listitem>
+Team member.</para></listitem>
 
 <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:nicholas@linuxfromscratch.org">Nicholas
 Leippe</ulink> &lt;nicholas@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- Wiki
@@ -52,22 +52,22 @@ creator and maintainer.</para></listitem>
 
 <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:bill@linuxfromscratch.org">Bill
 Maltby</ulink> &lt;bill@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- LFS Project
-Organization/Leadership.</para></listitem>
+organizer.</para></listitem>
 
 <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:scot@linuxfromscratch.org">Scot Mc
 Pherson</ulink> &lt;scot@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- LFS NNTP gateway
 maintainer.</para></listitem>
 
 <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:ryan@linuxfromscratch.org">Ryan
-Oliver</ulink> &lt;ryan@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- Testing Team Leader, co-
-creator of PLFS.</para></listitem>
+Oliver</ulink> &lt;ryan@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- Testing Team leader,
+co-creator of PLFS.</para></listitem>
 
 <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:jwrober@linuxfromscratch.org">James
 Robertson</ulink> &lt;jwrober@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- Bugzilla maintainer,
 Wiki developer, LFS Book editor.</para></listitem>
 
 <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:greg@linuxfromscratch.org">Greg
-Schafer</ulink> &lt;greg@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- Toolchain Maintainer,
+Schafer</ulink> &lt;greg@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- Toolchain maintainer,
 LFS Book editor, co-creator of PLFS.</para></listitem>
 
 <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:tushar@linuxfromscratch.org">Tushar
@@ -165,13 +165,13 @@ Neefs</ulink> -- linuxfromscratch.rave.org mirror.</para></listitem>
 Odisho</ulink> &lt;ervin@activalink.net&gt; -- lfs.activalink.net
 mirror.</para></listitem>
 
-<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:miha@xuy.biz">Mikhail Pastukhov</ulink>
-&lt;miha@xuy.biz&gt; -- lfs.130th.net mirror.</para></listitem>
-
 <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:guido@primerelay.net">Guido Passet</ulink>
 &lt;guido@primerelay.net&gt; -- nl.linuxfromscratch.org
 mirror.</para></listitem>
 
+<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:miha@xuy.biz">Mikhail Pastukhov</ulink>
+&lt;miha@xuy.biz&gt; -- lfs.130th.net mirror.</para></listitem>
+
 <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:jpolen@rackspace.com">Jeremy Polen</ulink>
 &lt;jpolen@rackspace.com&gt; -- us2.linuxfromscratch.org
 mirror.</para></listitem>
@@ -233,15 +233,16 @@ who, on behalf of <ulink url="http://www.linux.com">Linux.com</ulink>, donated
 a VA Linux 420 (former StartX SP2) workstation.</para></listitem>
 
 <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:strider@linux.com">Mark Stone</ulink> for 
-donating shadowfax, the linuxfromscratch.org server.</para></listitem>
+donating <emphasis>shadowfax</emphasis>, the first linuxfromscratch.org
+server.</para></listitem>
 
 <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:highos@linuxfromscratch.org">Jesse
 Tie-Ten-Quee</ulink> &lt;highos@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; for donating a Yamaha
-CDRW 8824E cd writer.</para></listitem>
+CDRW 8824E CD-writer.</para></listitem>
 
 <listitem><para>Countless other people on the various LFS mailinglists who are
-making this book happen by giving their suggestions, testing the book and
-submitting bug reports.</para></listitem>
+making this book happen by giving their suggestions, submitting bug reports,
+and throwing in their criticism.</para></listitem>
 
 </itemizedlist>
 
@@ -256,11 +257,12 @@ submitting bug reports.</para></listitem>
 Bauscher</ulink> &lt;timothy@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- LFS Book editor, Hints
 Project maintainer.</para></listitem>
 
-<listitem><para>Robert Briggs for originally donating the linuxfromscratch.org
-and linuxfromscratch.com domain names.</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Robert Briggs for originally donating the
+<emphasis>linuxfromscratch.org</emphasis> and
+<emphasis>linuxfromscratch.com</emphasis> domain names.</para></listitem>
 
 <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:ian@ichilton.co.uk">Ian Chilton</ulink>
-&lt;ian@ichilton.co.uk&gt; for maintaining the Hints project</para></listitem>
+&lt;ian@ichilton.co.uk&gt; for maintaining the Hints project.</para></listitem>
 
 <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:gimli@linuxfromscratch.org">Marc
 Heerdink</ulink> &lt;gimli@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- LFS Book
@@ -268,7 +270,7 @@ editor.</para></listitem>
 
 <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:sklein@linuxfromscratch.org">Seth W.
 Klein</ulink> &lt;sklein@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- LFS FAQ
-Creator.</para></listitem>
+creator.</para></listitem>
 
 <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:garrett@linuxart.com">Garrett
 LeSage</ulink> &lt;garrett@linuxart.com&gt; -- Original LFS banner
@@ -280,11 +282,11 @@ maintainer.</para></listitem>
 
 <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:Geert.Poels@skynet.be">Geert Poels</ulink>
 &lt;Geert.Poels@skynet.be&gt; -- Original BLFS banner creator; based on the
-original LFS banner by Garrett LeSage.</para></listitem>
+LFS banner by Garrett LeSage.</para></listitem>
 
-<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:bkenoah@oswd.org">Frank Skettino</ulink> 
-&lt;bkenoah@oswd.org&gt; -- Initial design of the old website - <ulink 
-url="http://www.oswd.org">OSWD</ulink>.</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:bkenoah@oswd.org">Frank Skettino</ulink>
+&lt;bkenoah@oswd.org&gt; for the initial design of the old website -- have a
+look at <ulink url="http://www.oswd.org/"/>.</para></listitem>
 
 <listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:highos@linuxfromscratch.org">Jesse
 Tie-Ten-Quee</ulink> &lt;highos@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; for answering
diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 298d6fd62..c9b6861db 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ Bug 574.</para></listitem>
 to Appendix A. Closes Bug 661.</para></listitem>
 
 <listitem><para>September 26th, 2003 [jeremy]: Added new workaround for the
-devpts problems</para></listitem>
+devpts problems.</para></listitem>
 
 <listitem><para>September 24th, 2003 [greg]: Various changes across the board
 addressing Bug 675.</para></listitem>
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ the short descriptions, and the content of most of them too.</para></listitem>
 file: Made mounting devpts the default.</para></listitem>
 
 <listitem><para>September 22nd, 2003 [jeremy]: Added net-tools patch to fix
-mii-tool compilation</para></listitem>
+mii-tool compilation.</para></listitem>
 
 <listitem><para>September 22nd, 2003 [jwrober]: Chapter 5 - Updated the Why 
 Static page to more accurately represent the difference between statically and 
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ rationale notes.</para></listitem>
 <listitem><para>September 17th, 2003 [jwrober]: Updated the acknowledgements
 page to match the website.</para></listitem>
 
-<listitem><para>September 17th, 2003 [jeremy]: Upgraded File to 4.04</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>September 17th, 2003 [jeremy]: Upgraded File to 4.04.</para></listitem>
 
 <listitem><para>September 17th, 2003 [jeremy]: Chapter 6 - changed 2 of the
 occurrences of exec bash --login to include the +h directive. </para></listitem>
diff --git a/chapter01/how.xml b/chapter01/how.xml
index 83c2440c5..18af3ebc2 100644
--- a/chapter01/how.xml
+++ b/chapter01/how.xml
@@ -2,18 +2,17 @@
 <title>How things are going to be done</title>
 <?dbhtml filename="how.html" dir="chapter01"?>
 
-<para>You are going to build your LFS system by using a previously installed 
-Linux distribution such as Debian, Mandrake, Red Hat, etc. The existing Linux 
-system (host) will be used as a starting point, because you will need programs 
-like a compiler, linker, text editor, and other development tools to build the 
-new system. Ordinarily, the required tools are available by default if you 
-selected <quote>development</quote> as one of your installation options when 
-you installed your Linux distribution.</para>
+<para>You are going to build your LFS system by using a previously installed
+Linux distribution (such as Debian, Mandrake, Red Hat, or SuSE). This existing
+Linux system (the host) will be used as a starting point, because you will need
+programs like a compiler, linker and shell to build the new system. Normally
+all the required tools are available if you selected <quote>development</quote>
+as one of the options when you installed your distribution.</para>
 
-<para>After you have downloaded the packages that make up an LFS system, you 
-will create a new Linux native partition and filesystem. This new Linux 
-partition and filesystem is where your new LFS system will be compiled and 
-installed onto.</para>
+<para>In Chapter 3 you will first create a new Linux native partition and
+filesystem, the place where your new LFS system will be compiled and installed.
+Then in Chapter 4 you download all the packages and patches required to build
+an LFS system, and store them on the new filesystem.</para>
 
 <para>Chapter 5 will then discuss the installation of a number of packages that 
 will form the basic development suite (or tool-set) which is used to build the 
@@ -68,11 +67,11 @@ simply switch to a different VC (Virtual Console) or X desktop and continue
 using the computer as you normally would.</para>
 
 <para>When all the software from Chapter 6 is installed, the temporary tools 
-built in Chapter 5 will be removed. Chapters 7, 8 and 9 will finalize the 
-installation. The bootscripts are setup in Chapter 7, the kernel and boot 
-loader are setup in Chapter 8 and Chapter 9 has some pointers to help you after 
-you finish with the book.  Then, finally, you reboot your computer into your 
-new LFS system.</para>
+built in Chapter 5 are removed. In Chapters 7, 8 and 9 the installation will
+then be finalized. The bootscripts are set up in Chapter 7, the kernel and
+bootloader are set up in Chapter 8, and Chapter 9 has some pointers to help
+you after you finish the book.  Then, finally, you're ready to reboot your
+computer into your new LFS system.</para>
 
 <para>This is the process in a nutshell. Detailed information on the steps you 
 will take are discussed in the chapters and package descriptions as you