Billy's gzip conversion.

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diff --git a/chapter06/gzip-inst.xml b/chapter06/gzip-inst.xml
index 51aaf8748..06b9441f9 100644
--- a/chapter06/gzip-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter06/gzip-inst.xml
@@ -1,14 +1,28 @@
+<sect2><title>&nbsp;</title><para>&nbsp;</para></sect2>
+
 <sect2>
 <title>Installation of Gzip</title>
 
-<para>Install Gzip by running the following commands:</para>
+<para>Prepare Gzip to be compiled:</para>
 
-<para><screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../gzip-&gzip-patch-version;.patch &amp;&amp;
+<para><screen><userinput>
+patch -Np1 -i ../gzip-&gzip-patch-version;.patch &amp;&amp; 
 ./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
 cp gzexe.in{,.backup} &amp;&amp;
-sed 's%"BINDIR"%/bin%' gzexe.in.backup &gt; gzexe.in &amp;&amp;
-make &amp;&amp;
-make install &amp;&amp;
+sed 's%"BINDIR"%/bin%' gzexe.in.backup &gt; gzexe.in
+</userinput></screen></para>
+
+<para>Continue with compiling the package:</para>
+
+<para><screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen></para>
+
+<para>And finish off installing the package:</para>
+
+<para><screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen></para>
+
+<para>Move the Gzip binaries to the root partition:</para>
+
+<para><screen><userinput>
 mv /usr/bin/gzip /bin &amp;&amp;
 rm /usr/bin/{gunzip,zcat} &amp;&amp;
 ln -s gzip /bin/gunzip &amp;&amp;
@@ -17,3 +31,18 @@ ln -s gunzip /bin/uncompress</userinput></screen></para>
 
 </sect2>
 
+<sect2>
+<title>Command explanations</title>
+
+<para><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../gzip-1.2.4b.patch:</userinput>
+This patch fixes a buffer overflow that occurs when a filename is
+longer than 1020 characters.</para>
+
+<para><userinput>
+cp gzexe.in{,.backup} &amp;&amp;
+sed 's%"BINDIR"%/bin%' gzexe.in.backup &gt; gzexe.in</userinput>
+Change the default installation directory for Gzip so it will be
+installed on the root partition.</para>
+
+
+</sect2>