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diff --git a/chapter04/introduction.sgml b/chapter04/introduction.sgml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..83e561961 --- /dev/null +++ b/chapter04/introduction.sgml @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +<para> +Below is a list of all the packages you need to download for building +the basic system. The version numbers printed correspond to versions of +the software that is known to work and which this book is based on. If you +experience problems which you can't solve yourself, download the version that +is assumed in this book (in case you downloaded a newer version). +</para> + +<para> +If the packages.linuxfromscratch.org server isn't allowing connections +anymore try one of our mirror sites. The addresses of the mirror sites +can be found in <ulink url="ch01-versions.html">Chapter 1 - Book +Versions</ulink> +</para> + +<para> +We have provided a list of official download sites of the packages below +in <ulink url="appendixc.html">Appendix C - Official download locations +</ulink>. The LFS FTP archive only contains the versions of packages +that are recommended for use in this book. If you're looking +for newer versions than the ones listed here you can have a look in +Appendix C. +</para> + +<para> +Please note that all files downloaded from the LFS FTP archive are files +compressed with bzip2 instead of gz. If you don't know how to handle bz2 +files, please read <ulink url="ch02-install.html">Chapter 2 - How to install +the software</ulink>. +</para> + +<para> +The list below is current as of January 5th, 2001 +</para> + |