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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-prerequisites">
+<title>Prerequisites</title>
+<?dbhtml filename="prerequisites.html"?>
+
+<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>
+
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem><para>Software-Building-HOWTO</para>
+
+<para>This is a comprehensive guide to building and installing
+<quote>generic</quote> Unix software distributions under Linux. This HOWTO is
+available at <ulink
+url="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Software-Building-HOWTO.html"/>.</para>
+</listitem>
+
+<listitem><para>The Linux Users' Guide</para>
+
+<para>This guide covers the usage of assorted Linux software and is
+available at
+<ulink url="http://espc22.murdoch.edu.au/~stewart/guide/guide.html"/>.</para></listitem>
+
+<listitem><para>The Essential Pre-Reading Hint</para>
+
+<para>This is an LFS Hint written specifically for new users of Linux. It is
+mostly a list of links to excellent sources of information on a wide range of
+topics. Any person attempting to install LFS, should at least have an
+understanding of many of the topics in this hint. It is available at
+
+<ulink url="&hints-root;essential_prereading.txt"/></para></listitem>
+
+</itemizedlist>
+
+</sect1>