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   %general-entities;
 ]>
 
-<sect1 id="ch-system-introduction">
+<sect1 id="ch-tools-introduction">
   <?dbhtml filename="introduction.html"?>
 
   <title>Introduction</title>
 
-  <para>In this chapter, we enter the building site and start constructing the
-  LFS system in earnest. That is, we chroot into the temporary mini Linux system,
-  make a few final preparations, and then begin installing the packages.</para>
-
-  <para>The installation of this software is straightforward. Although in many
-  cases the installation instructions could be made shorter and more generic,
-  we have opted to provide the full instructions for every package to minimize
-  the possibilities for mistakes.  The key to learning what makes a Linux system
-  work is to know what each package is used for and why you (or the system)
-  may need it.</para>
-
-  <para>We do not recommend using optimizations.  They can make
-  a program run slightly faster, but they may also cause compilation
-  difficulties and problems when running the program.  If a package refuses to
-  compile when using optimization, try to compile it without optimization and
-  see if that fixes the problem. Even if the package does compile when using
-  optimization, there is the risk it may have been compiled incorrectly because
-  of the complex interactions between the code and build tools.  Also note that
-  the <option>-march</option> and <option>-mtune</option> options using values
-  not specified in the book have not been tested. This may cause problems with
-  the toolchain packages (Binutils, GCC and Glibc).  The small potential gains
-  achieved in using compiler optimizations are often outweighed by the risks.
-  First-time builders of LFS are encouraged to build without custom
-  optimizations. The subsequent system will still run very fast and be stable
-  at the same time.</para>
-
-  <para>Before the installation instructions, each installation page provides
-  information about the package, including a concise description of what it
-  contains, approximately how long it will take to build, and how much disk
-  space is required during this building process. Following the installation
-  instructions, there is a list of programs and libraries (along with brief
-  descriptions of these) that the package installs.</para>
-
-  <note><para>The SBU values and required disk space includes
-  test suite data for all applicable packages in Chapter&nbsp;6.</para></note>
-
-  <sect2>
-    <title>About libraries</title>
-
-    <para>In general, the LFS editors discourage building and installing static
-    libraries.  The original purpose for most static libraries has been made
-    obsolete in a modern Linux system.  In addition linking a static library
-    into a program can be detrimental.  If an update to the library is needed
-    to remove a security problem, all programs that use the static library will
-    need to be relinked to the new library.  Since the use of static libraries
-    is not always obvious, the relevant programs (and the procedures needed to
-    do the linking) may not even be known.</para>
-
-    <para>In the procedures in Chapter&nbsp;6, we remove or disable installation of
-    most static libraries. Usually this is done by passing a
-    <option>--disable-static</option> option to <command>configure</command>.
-    In other cases, alternate means are needed. In a few cases, especially
-    glibc and gcc, the use of static libraries remains essential to the general
-    package building process. </para>
-
-    <para>For a more complete discussion of libraries, see the discussion
-    <ulink url="&blfs-root;/view/&short-version;/introduction/libraries.html">
-    Libraries: Static or shared?</ulink> in the BLFS book.</para>
-
-  </sect2>
-
+  <para>This chapter shows how to build a minimal Linux system.
+  This system will contain just enough tools to start constructing the final
+  LFS system in <xref linkend="chapter-building-system"/> and allow a working
+  environment with more user convenience than a minimum environment would.</para>
+
+  <para>There are two steps in building this minimal system. The first step
+  is to build a new and host-independent toolchain (compiler, assembler,
+  linker, libraries, and a few useful utilities).  The second step uses this
+  toolchain to build the other essential tools.</para>
+<!--
+  <para>The files compiled in this chapter will be installed under the
+  <filename class="directory">$LFS</filename> directory to keep them
+  separate from the files installed in the next chapter and the host
+  production directories. Since the packages compiled here are temporary,
+  we do not want them to pollute the soon-to-be LFS system.</para>
+-->
 </sect1>