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+<?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="pf-foreword">
+<title>Foreword</title>
+<?dbhtml filename="foreword.html"?>
+
+<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
+default. Much more of that sort of thing bothered me. Finally I realized
+that if I wanted full satisfaction from my Linux system I would have to
+build my own system from scratch, using only the source code. I resolved
+not to use pre-compiled packages of any kind, nor CD-ROM or boot disk that
+would install some basic utilities. I would use my current Linux system to
+develop my own.</para>
+
+<para>This wild idea seemed very difficult at the time and often seemed
+an impossible task. After sorting out all kinds of problems, such as
+dependencies and compile-time errors, a custom-built Linux system was
+created that was fully operational. I called this system a Linux From Scratch
+system, or LFS for short.</para>
+
+<para>I hope you will have a great time working on your own LFS!</para>
+
+<literallayout>
+-- 
+Gerard Beekmans
+gerard@linuxfromscratch.org
+</literallayout>
+
+</sect1>