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-rw-r--r-- | chapter06/grub.xml | 10 | ||||
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-rw-r--r-- | general.ent | 4 |
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diff --git a/chapter01/bootcd.xml b/chapter01/bootcd.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a693c55a8 --- /dev/null +++ b/chapter01/bootcd.xml @@ -0,0 +1,64 @@ +<?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="prepare-bootcd"> +<title>About the Included CD</title> +<?dbhtml filename="bootcd.html"?> + +<para>For your convenience, we have included a CD with this book that +contains the source packages needed for creating a Linux From Scratch +system. The CD is bootable and provides a stable working environment +for building LFS. This book refers to this system as the +<emphasis>host system.</emphasis></para> + +<para>In addition to the tools required to build LFS, the host system +on the CD has a number of other helpful tools installed:</para> + +<itemizedlist> + <listitem><para>An HTML version of this book</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>The X Window System Environment</para></listitem> + <listitem> + <para>Web Tools</para> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem><para>Wget (command line file retriever)</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Lynx (text web browser)</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Irssi (console IRC client)</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Firefox (graphical web browser)</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>xchat (X-based IRC client)</para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Text Editors</para> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem><para>Vim</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>nano</para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Network Tools</para> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem><para>SSH Server and Client</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>NFS Server and Client</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>smbmount (mount.cifs) for Windows shares</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>Subversion</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>dhcpcd (DHCP client)</para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para>Filesystem Programs</para> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem><para>reiserfsprogs</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>xfsprogs</para></listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </listitem> + + <listitem><para>nALFS - A tool for automating LFS builds</para></listitem> +</itemizedlist> + +</sect1> + diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml index f3881f934..ac97e0a61 100644 --- a/chapter01/changelog.xml +++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml @@ -87,6 +87,10 @@ first a summary, then a detailed log.</para> </itemizedlist> </listitem> +<listitem><para>September 30th, 2004 [gerard]: Minor textual edits. +Added page to explain bootable CD included with the printed +book.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>September 29th, 2004 [matt]: chapter08/kernel - Removed redundant comment regarding hotplug configuration (fixes bug 914 - Alexander E. Patrakov).</para></listitem> diff --git a/chapter01/chapter01.xml b/chapter01/chapter01.xml index 2090daa0e..f06458600 100644 --- a/chapter01/chapter01.xml +++ b/chapter01/chapter01.xml @@ -12,5 +12,6 @@ <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="changelog.xml"/> <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="administrativa.xml"/> <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="askforhelp.xml"/> +<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="bootcd.xml"/> </chapter> diff --git a/chapter06/grub.xml b/chapter06/grub.xml index c091967b4..602253b71 100644 --- a/chapter06/grub.xml +++ b/chapter06/grub.xml @@ -46,11 +46,11 @@ unset them when building Grub.</para> <para>To test the results, issue: <userinput>make check</userinput>.</para> -<para>Note that the test results will always give the error - <quote>ufs2_stage1_5 is too big</quote>. This is due to a compiler issue, - but can be ignored unless you plan to boot from a UFS partition, normally only - used by Sun workstations. -</para> +<para>Note that the test results will always show the error +<quote>ufs2_stage1_5 is too big</quote>. This is due to a compiler +issue, but can be ignored unless you plan to boot from an UFS +partition. The partitions are normally only used by Sun +workstations.</para> <para>Install the package:</para> diff --git a/chapter06/texinfo.xml b/chapter06/texinfo.xml index 9878f4569..70ba44a29 100644 --- a/chapter06/texinfo.xml +++ b/chapter06/texinfo.xml @@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ Diffutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, and Sed</seg></seglistitem> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Texinfo</title> -<para>Texinfo-&texinfo-version; has a bug that can lead to the -<command>info</command> program to crash. Apply a patch to fix this -problem:</para> +<para>The following patch fixes a problem where the +<command>info</command> program sometimes crashes when hitting the +<emphasis>Delete</emphasis> key on the keyboard:</para>. <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../texinfo-&texinfo-version;-segfault-1.patch</userinput></screen> diff --git a/chapter06/zlib.xml b/chapter06/zlib.xml index 9ef9f6104..8931ebbb0 100644 --- a/chapter06/zlib.xml +++ b/chapter06/zlib.xml @@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ some programs.</para> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Zlib</title> -<para>Zlib-&zlib-version; has a known security vulnerability. Apply a patch to -fix this problem:</para> +<para>The following patch fixes a Denial of Service vulnerability in +the Zlib compression library:</para> <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../zlib-&zlib-version;-security-1.patch</userinput></screen> diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent index e5d5e8630..1eeedb6db 100644 --- a/general.ent +++ b/general.ent @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> -<!ENTITY version "6.0-testing-20040929"> -<!ENTITY releasedate "September 29, 2004"> +<!ENTITY version "6.0-testing-20040930"> +<!ENTITY releasedate "September 30, 2004"> <!ENTITY lfs-root "http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/"> <!ENTITY blfs-root "&lfs-root;blfs/"> |