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authorManuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@linuxfromscratch.org>2004-12-19 20:25:03 +0000
committerManuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@linuxfromscratch.org>2004-12-19 20:25:03 +0000
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--- a/prologue/acknowledgments.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,390 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
-<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
- <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
- %general-entities;
-]>
-<sect1 id="ch-scatter-acknowledgments">
-<title>Acknowledgments</title>
-<?dbhtml filename="acknowledgements.html"?>
-
-<para>We would like to thank the following people and organizations for their
-contributions to the Linux From Scratch Project.</para>
-
-<sect2>
-<title>Current Project Team Members</title>
-
-<itemizedlist>
-
-<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:gerard@linuxfromscratch.org">Gerard
-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 Project Co-Leader,
-LFS General Package maintainer, LFS Book editor.</para></listitem>
-
-<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:meerkats@bellsouth.net">Craig
-Colton</ulink> &lt;meerkats@bellsouth.net&gt; -- LFS, ALFS, BLFS and Hints
-Project logo creator.</para></listitem>
-
-<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:nathan@linuxfromscratch.org">Nathan
-Coulson</ulink> &lt;nathan@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- LFS-Bootscripts
-maintainer.</para></listitem>
-
-<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:jeroen@linuxfromscratch.org">Jeroen
-Coumans</ulink> &lt;jeroen@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- Website developer, FAQ
-maintainer.</para></listitem>
-
-<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org">Bruce
-Dubbs</ulink> &lt;bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- LFS Quality Assurance Team
-leader, BLFS Book editor.</para></listitem>
-
-<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:manuel@linuxfromscratch.org">Manuel
-Canales Esparcia</ulink> &lt;manuel@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- LFS Book
-Editor (XML).</para></listitem>
-
-<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:alex@linuxfromscratch.org">Alex
-Groenewoud</ulink> &lt;alex@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- LFS Book
-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>
-
-<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:iwanek@linuxfromscratch.org">James
-Iwanek</ulink> &lt;iwanek@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- System Administration
-Team member.</para></listitem>
-
-<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:nicholas@linuxfromscratch.org">Nicholas
-Leippe</ulink> &lt;nicholas@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- Wiki
-maintainer.</para></listitem>
-
-<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:lizardo@linuxfromscratch.org">Anderson
-Lizardo</ulink> &lt;lizardo@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- Website backend scripts
-creator and maintainer.</para></listitem>
-
-<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:bill@linuxfromscratch.org">Bill
-Maltby</ulink> &lt;bill@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- LFS Project
-organizer.</para></listitem>
-
-<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:alexander@linuxfromscratch.org">Alexander
-Patrakov</ulink> &lt;alexander@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- LFS Book
-Editor (internationalization/localization).</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,
-Toolchain maintainer, 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,
-Former LFS Book editor, co-creator of PLFS.</para></listitem>
-
-<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:tushar@linuxfromscratch.org">Tushar
-Teredesai</ulink> &lt;tushar@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- BLFS Book editor,
-Hints and Patches Projects maintainer.</para></listitem>
-
-<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:jeremy@linuxfromscratch.org">Jeremy
-Utley</ulink> &lt;jeremy@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- LFS Book editor, Bugzilla
-maintainer, LFS-Bootscripts Maintainer, LFS Server co-admin.</para></listitem>
-
-<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:winkie@linuxfromscratch.org">Zack
-Winkles</ulink> &lt;winkie@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- LFS Book editor
-(Emerging Technologies), LFS-Bootscripts co-maintainer.</para></listitem>
-
-<listitem><para>Countless other people on the various LFS and BLFS
-mailing lists who are making this book happen by giving their suggestions,
-testing the book and submitting bug reports, instructions and their
-experiences with installing various packages.</para></listitem>
-
-</itemizedlist>
-
-</sect2>
-
-<sect2>
-<title>Translators</title>
-
-<itemizedlist>
-
-<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:macana@lfs-es.com">Manuel Canales
-Esparcia</ulink> &lt;macana@lfs-es.com&gt; -- Spanish LFS translation
-project.</para></listitem>
-
-<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:johan@linuxfromscratch.org">Johan
-Lenglet</ulink> &lt;johan@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- French LFS translation
-project.</para></listitem>
-
-<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:lizardo@linuxfromscratch.org">Anderson
-Lizardo</ulink> &lt;lizardo@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- Portuguese LFS
-translation project.</para></listitem>
-
-<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:tr@erdfunkstelle.de">Thomas Reitelbach
-</ulink> &lt;tr@erdfunkstelle.de&gt; -- German LFS translation project.</para>
-</listitem>
-
-</itemizedlist>
-
-</sect2>
-
-<sect2>
-<title>Mirror Maintainers</title>
-
-<sect3>
-<title>North American Mirrors</title>
-
-<itemizedlist>
-
-<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:scott@osuosl.org">Scott Kveton</ulink>
-&lt;scott@osuosl.org&gt; -- lfs.oregonstate.edu 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:unknown@unknown.org">Unknown User</ulink>
-&lt;unknown@unknown.org&gt; -- lfs.crash404.com mirror.</para></listitem>
-
-<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:lost@l-w.net">William Astle</ulink>
-&lt;lost@l-w.net&gt; -- ca.linuxfromscratch.org 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>
-
-<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:tim@idge.net">Tim Jackson</ulink>
-&lt;tim@idge.net&gt; -- linuxfromscratch.idge.net mirror.</para></listitem>
-
-<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:jeremy@linux-phreak.net">Jeremy Utley
-</ulink> &lt;jeremy@linux-phreak.net&gt; -- lfs.linux-phreak.net mirror.
-</para></listitem>
-
-</itemizedlist>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3>
-<title>South American Mirrors</title>
-
-<itemizedlist>
-
-<!-- Comment put until have the new URL
-<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:manuel@linuxfromscratch.org">Manuel Canales
-Esparcia</ulink> &lt;manuel@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; &ndash; lfsmirror.lfs-es.org
-mirror.</para></listitem>-->
-
-<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:sysop@mesi.com.ar">Andres Meggiotto</ulink>
-&lt;sysop@mesi.com.ar&gt; -- lfs.mesi.com.ar mirror.</para></listitem>
-
-<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:ebf@aedsolucoes.com.br">Eduardo B.
-Fonseca</ulink> &lt;ebf@aedsolucoes.com.br&gt; -- br.linuxfromscratch.org
-mirror.</para></listitem>
-
-</itemizedlist>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3>
-<title>European Mirrors</title>
-
-<itemizedlist>
-
-<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:barna@siker.hu">Barna Koczka</ulink>
-&lt;barna@siker.hu&gt; -- hu.linuxfromscratch.org mirror.</para></listitem>
-
-<listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.mirror.ac.uk">UK Mirror Service</ulink>
--- linuxfromscratch.mirror.ac.uk mirror.</para></listitem>
-
-<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:Martin.Voss@ada.de">Martin Voss</ulink>
-&lt;Martin.Voss@ada.de&gt; -- lfs.linux-matrix.net mirror.</para></listitem>
-
-<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:unknown@unknown.org">Unknown User</ulink>
-&lt;unknown@unknown.org&gt; -- mirror.vtx.ch 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:baafie@planet.nl">Bastiaan Jacques</ulink>
-&lt;baafie@planet.nl&gt; -- lfs.pagefault.net mirror</para></listitem>
-
-<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:lfs-mirror@linuxfromscratch.rave.org">Roel
-Neefs</ulink> &lt;lfs-mirror@linuxfromscratch.rave.org&gt; -- linuxfromscratch.rave.org mirror.</para></listitem>
-
-<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:justin@jrknierim.de">Justin Knierim</ulink>
-&lt;justin@jrknierim.de&gt; -- www.lfs-matrix.de mirror</para></listitem>
-
-<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:stevie@stevie20.de">Stephan Brendel</ulink>
-&lt;stevie@stevie20.de&gt; -- lfs.netservice-neuss.de
-mirror.</para></listitem>
-
-<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:unknown@unknown.org">Unknown User</ulink>
-&lt;unknown@unknown.org&gt; -- linuxfromscratch.je-zi.de
-mirror</para></listitem>
-
-<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:unknown@unknown.org">Unknown User</ulink>
-&lt;unknown@unknown.org&gt; -- linuxfromscratch.tuxcenter.net
-mirror</para></listitem>
-
-<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:hrx@hrxnet.de">Hagen Herrschaft</ulink>
-&lt;hrx@hrxnet.de&gt; -- de.linuxfromscratch.org mirror.</para></listitem>
-
-<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:Antonin.Sprinzl@tuwien.ac.at">Antonin
-Sprinzl</ulink> &lt;Antonin.Sprinzl@tuwien.ac.at&gt; -- at.linuxfromscratch.org
-mirror.</para></listitem>
-
-<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:fredan-lfs@fredan.org">Fredrik
-Danerklint</ulink> &lt;fredan-lfs@fredan.org&gt; -- se.linuxfromscratch.org
-mirror.</para></listitem>
-
-<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:archive@doc.cs.univ-paris8.fr">Parisian
-sysadmins</ulink> &lt;archive@doc.cs.univ-paris8.fr&gt; --
-www2.fr.linuxfromscratch.org mirror.</para></listitem>
-
-<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:velin@zadnik.org">Alexander Velin</ulink>
-&lt;velin@zadnik.org&gt; -- bg.linuxfromscratch.org mirror.</para></listitem>
-
-<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:dirk@securewebservices.co.uk">
-Dirk Webster</ulink> &lt;dirk@securewebservices.co.uk&gt; --
-lfs.securewebservices.co.uk mirror</para></listitem>
-
-<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:thomas@sofagang.dk">Thomas Skyt</ulink>
-&lt;thomas@sofagang.dk&gt; -- dk.linuxfromscratch.org mirror.</para></listitem>
-
-<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:sime@dot-sime.com">Simon Nicoll</ulink>
-&lt;sime@dot-sime.com&gt; -- uk.linuxfromscratch.org mirror.</para></listitem>
-
-</itemizedlist>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3>
-<title>Asian Mirrors</title>
-
-<itemizedlist>
-
-<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:pyng@spam.averse.net">Pui Yong</ulink>
-&lt;pyng@spam.averse.net&gt; -- sg.linuxfromscratch.org
-mirror.</para></listitem>
-
-<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:stuart@althalus.me.uk">Stuart Harris</ulink>
-&lt;stuart@althalus.me.uk&gt; -- lfs.mirror.intermedia.com.sg
-mirror</para></listitem>
-
-<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:unknown@unknown.org">Unknown User</ulink>
-&lt;unknown@unknown.org&gt; -- lfs.mirror.if.itb.ac.id mirror</para></listitem>
-
-</itemizedlist>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3>
-<title>Australian Mirrors</title>
-
-<itemizedlist>
-
-<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:jason@dstc.edu.au">Jason Andrade</ulink>
-&lt;jason@dstc.edu.au&gt; -- au.linuxfromscratch.org mirror.</para></listitem>
-
-</itemizedlist>
-
-</sect3>
-
-</sect2>
-
-<sect2>
-<title>Donators</title>
-
-<itemizedlist>
-
-<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:dean@vipersoft.co.uk">Dean Benson</ulink>
-&lt;dean@vipersoft.co.uk&gt; for several monetary
-contributions.</para></listitem>
-
-<listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.dreamwvr.com">DREAMWVR.COM</ulink> for
-their past sponsorship of donating various resources to the LFS and related
-sub projects.</para></listitem>
-
-<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:hrx@hrxnet.de">Hagen Herrschaft</ulink>
-&lt;hrx@hrxnet.de&gt; for donating a 2.2 GHz P4 system, now running under the
-name of <emphasis>lorien</emphasis>.</para></listitem>
-
-<listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.oreilly.com">O'Reilly</ulink> for
-donating books on SQL and PHP.</para></listitem>
-
-<listitem><para><ulink url="http://www.vasoftware.com">VA Software</ulink>
-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 <emphasis>shadowfax</emphasis>, the first linuxfromscratch.org
-server, a 750 MHz P3 with 512 MB RAM and two 9 GB SCSI drives. When the server
-moved it was renamed to <emphasis>belgarath</emphasis>.</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>
-
-<listitem><para>Countless other people on the various LFS mailing lists who are
-making this book better by giving their suggestions, submitting bug reports,
-and throwing in their criticism.</para></listitem>
-
-</itemizedlist>
-
-</sect2>
-
-<sect2>
-<title>Former Team Members and Contributors</title>
-
-<itemizedlist>
-
-<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:timothy@linuxfromscratch.org">Timothy
-Bauscher</ulink> &lt;timothy@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- LFS Book editor, Hints
-Project maintainer.</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>
-
-<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:gimli@linuxfromscratch.org">Marc
-Heerdink</ulink> &lt;gimli@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- LFS Book
-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>
-
-<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:garrett@linuxart.com">Garrett
-LeSage</ulink> &lt;garrett@linuxart.com&gt; -- Original LFS banner
-creator.</para></listitem>
-
-<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:nomis80@videotron.ca">Simon
-Perreault</ulink> &lt;nomis80@videotron.ca&gt; -- Hints Project
-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
-LFS banner by Garrett LeSage.</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 temporarily
-hosting the linuxfromscratch.org server, answering
-countless questions on IRC and having a great deal of patience.</para></listitem>
-
-</itemizedlist>
-
-</sect2>
-
-</sect1>
diff --git a/prologue/audience.xml b/prologue/audience.xml
index c769b9067..1fe682865 100644
--- a/prologue/audience.xml
+++ b/prologue/audience.xml
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
<title>Audience</title>
<?dbhtml filename="audience.html"?>
+<para>See testing</para>
+
+<!--
<sect2>
<title>Who would want to read this book</title>
@@ -40,7 +43,7 @@ web server with approximately 8MB of disk space used. Further stripping could
bring that down to 5 MB or less. Try that with a regular distribution.</para>
<para>We could compare Linux distributions to a hamburger you buy at a
-fast-food restaurant -- you have no idea what you are eating. LFS, on the
+fast-food restaurant - you have no idea what you are eating. LFS, on the
other hand, doesn't give you a hamburger, but the recipe to make a hamburger.
This allows you to review it, to omit unwanted ingredients, and to
add your own ingredients which enhance the flavor of your burger. When you
@@ -92,5 +95,6 @@ Documentation Project's website at
<ulink url="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/From-PowerUp-To-Bash-Prompt-HOWTO.html"/>.</para>
</sect2>
+-->
</sect1>
diff --git a/prologue/bookinfo.xml b/prologue/bookinfo.xml
index 60e49a3d9..4dc1ecf2a 100644
--- a/prologue/bookinfo.xml
+++ b/prologue/bookinfo.xml
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@
<abstract>
-<para>This book describes the process of creating a Linux system from
-scratch, using nothing but the sources of the required software.</para>
+<para><note><para>In this book there is only the commands to build an LFS system
+and new stuff. For a full version with all the explanations see <ulink
+url="&lfs-root;lfs/view/testing"/>.</para></note></para>
</abstract>
diff --git a/prologue/foreword.xml b/prologue/foreword.xml
index 997f97f71..e23062800 100644
--- a/prologue/foreword.xml
+++ b/prologue/foreword.xml
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
<title>Foreword</title>
<?dbhtml filename="foreword.html"?>
+<para>See testing</para>
+
+<!--
<para>Having used a number of different Linux distributions, I was never
fully satisfied with any of them. I didn't like the arrangement of
the bootscripts. I didn't like the way certain programs were configured by
@@ -25,8 +28,9 @@ system, or LFS for short.</para>
<para>I hope you will have a great time working on your own LFS!</para>
-<literallayout>--
+<literallayout>-
Gerard Beekmans
gerard@linuxfromscratch.org</literallayout>
+-->
</sect1>
diff --git a/prologue/organization.xml b/prologue/organization.xml
index c95a1907c..7ad3f8afc 100644
--- a/prologue/organization.xml
+++ b/prologue/organization.xml
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
<title>Structure</title>
<?dbhtml filename="organization.html"?>
+<para>See testing</para>
+
+<!--
<para>This book is divided into the following parts:</para>
<sect2>
@@ -34,5 +37,6 @@ which you can build other software, to extend your system in the way you like.
At the end of the book you'll find a list of all of the programs, libraries and
important files that have been installed as an easy to use reference.</para>
</sect2>
+-->
</sect1>
diff --git a/prologue/preface.xml b/prologue/preface.xml
index 5fa4aec94..1492e148a 100644
--- a/prologue/preface.xml
+++ b/prologue/preface.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="audience.xml"/>
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="prerequisites.xml"/>
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="typography.xml"/>
-<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="acknowledgments.xml"/>
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="organization.xml"/>
</preface>
diff --git a/prologue/prerequisites.xml b/prologue/prerequisites.xml
index 62ac031b9..49de1e0ea 100644
--- a/prologue/prerequisites.xml
+++ b/prologue/prerequisites.xml
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
<title>Prerequisites</title>
<?dbhtml filename="prerequisites.html"?>
+<para>See testing</para>
+
+<!--
<para>This book assumes that its reader has a good deal of knowledge about
using and installing Linux software. Before you begin building your LFS
system, you should read the following HOWTOs:</para>
@@ -36,5 +39,6 @@ understanding of many of the topics in this hint. It is available at
<ulink url="&hints-root;essential_prereading.txt"/></para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
+-->
</sect1>
diff --git a/prologue/typography.xml b/prologue/typography.xml
index 86962c6ad..6ea7644a8 100644
--- a/prologue/typography.xml
+++ b/prologue/typography.xml
@@ -7,17 +7,20 @@
<title>Typography</title>
<?dbhtml filename="typography.html"?>
+<para>See testing</para>
+
+<!--
<para>To make things easier to follow, there are a few typographical
conventions used throughout the book. Following are some examples:</para>
-<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>./configure -prefix=/usr</userinput></screen>
<blockquote><para>This form of text is designed to be typed exactly
as seen unless otherwise noted in the surrounding text. It is also used
in the explanation sections to identify which of the commands is being
referenced.</para></blockquote>
-<screen><computeroutput>install-info: unknown option `--dir-file=/mnt/lfs/usr/info/dir'</computeroutput></screen>
+<screen><computeroutput>install-info: unknown option `-dir-file=/mnt/lfs/usr/info/dir'</computeroutput></screen>
<blockquote><para>This form of text (fixed width text) is showing screen
output, probably as the result of commands issued, and is also used to
@@ -50,5 +53,6 @@ typed as seen.</para></blockquote>
<blockquote><para>This form of text is used to encapsulate text that is
not to be typed as seen or copy and pasted.</para></blockquote>
+-->
</sect1>