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diff --git a/prologue/prerequisites.xml b/prologue/prerequisites.xml index b22902560..506fe4487 100644 --- a/prologue/prerequisites.xml +++ b/prologue/prerequisites.xml @@ -7,6 +7,31 @@ <title>Prerequisites</title> <?dbhtml filename="prerequisites.html"?> -<para>See testing</para> +<para>This book assumes that the reader has a reasonable knowledge of using +and installing Linux software. Before building an LFS system, we +recommend reading the following HOWTOs:</para> + +<itemizedlist> +<listitem><para remap="verbatim">Software-Building-HOWTO +<ulink url="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Software-Building-HOWTO.html"/></para> + +<para>This is a comprehensive guide to building and installing +<quote>generic</quote> Unix software distributions under Linux.</para></listitem> + +<listitem><para remap="verbatim">The Linux Users' Guide +<ulink url="http://espc22.murdoch.edu.au/~stewart/guide/guide.html"/></para> + +<para>This guide covers the usage of assorted Linux software.</para></listitem> + +<listitem><para remap="verbatim">The Essential Pre-Reading Hint +<ulink url="&hints-root;essential_prereading.txt"/></para> + +<para>This is an LFS Hint written specifically for users new to Linux. +It includes a list of links to excellent sources of information on a +wide range of topics. Anyone attempting to install LFS should have an +understanding of many of the topics in this hint.</para></listitem> + +</itemizedlist> </sect1> + |