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+<sect1 id="ch01-how">
+<title>How things are going to be done</title>
+
+<para>
+We are going to build the LFS system by using an already installed Linux
+distribution such as Debian, SuSe, Slackware, Mandrake, RedHat, etc. You
+don't need to have any kind of bootdisk. We will use an existing Linux
+system as the base (since we need a compiler, linker, text editor and other
+tools).
+</para>
+
+<para>
+If you don't have Linux installed yet, you won't be able to put this
+book to use right away. I suggest you first install a Linux
+distribution. It really doesn't matter which one you install. It also
+doesn't need to be the latest version, though it shouldn't be a too old one.
+If it is about a year old or newer it should do just fine. You will save
+yourself a lot of trouble if your normal system uses glibc-2.1 or newer.
+Libc5 isn't supported by this book, though it isn't impossible to use a
+libc5 system if you have no choice.
+</para>
+
+</sect1>
+