From 76f59642453584ad11350d054916d15478182da9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Timothy Bauscher <timothy@linuxfromscratch.org>
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 04:30:46 +0000
Subject: Added "Prerequisites" section.

git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@2206 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
---
 chapter01/changelog.xml   |  3 +++
 chapter08/kernel.xml      |  2 +-
 chapter09/whatnow.xml     |  2 +-
 entities/preface.ent      |  1 +
 index.xml                 |  1 +
 preface/preface.xml       |  1 +
 preface/prerequisites.xml | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 preface/prerequisites.xml

diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index d40dc888e..83bdccac2 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@
 </itemizedlist>
 </para></listitem>
 
+<listitem><para>October 25th, 2002 [timothy]: Preface: Added
+"Prerequisites" section.</para></listitem>
+
 <listitem><para>October 25th, 2002 [timothy]: Chapter 09: Added "What now?"
 section.</para></listitem>
 
diff --git a/chapter08/kernel.xml b/chapter08/kernel.xml
index 466d248a8..70d7675a5 100644
--- a/chapter08/kernel.xml
+++ b/chapter08/kernel.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ to modules and to kernel configuration in general may be found in the
 kernel documentation, which is stored stored in
 <filename>/usr/src/linux-&kernel-version;/Documentation</filename>. The
 modules.conf man page and the kernel HOWTO at
-<ulink url="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO.html"/> may also be of
+<ulink url="&tldp-root;HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO.html"/> may also be of
 interest to you.</para>
 
 <para>The following commands are run to build the kernel:</para>
diff --git a/chapter09/whatnow.xml b/chapter09/whatnow.xml
index b3458a418..7df8831c0 100644
--- a/chapter09/whatnow.xml
+++ b/chapter09/whatnow.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ information.</para></listitem>
 <para>The goal of the Linux Documentation Project is to collaborate in
 all of the issues of Linux documentation. The LDP features a large collection
 of HOWTOs, Guides and man pages; it may be found at
-<ulink url="http://www.tldp.org/"/>.</para></listitem>
+<ulink url="&tldp-root;"/>.</para></listitem>
 
 </itemizedlist>
 
diff --git a/entities/preface.ent b/entities/preface.ent
index 6a4efd3cc..8b516559d 100644
--- a/entities/preface.ent
+++ b/entities/preface.ent
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 <!ENTITY pf-foreword SYSTEM "../preface/foreword.xml">
 <!ENTITY pf-whoread SYSTEM "../preface/whoread.xml">
 <!ENTITY pf-whonotread SYSTEM "../preface/whonotread.xml">
+<!ENTITY pf-prerequisites SYSTEM "../preface/prerequisites.xml">
 <!ENTITY pf-organization SYSTEM "../preface/organization.xml">
 <!ENTITY pf-oz-organpart1 SYSTEM "../preface/organpart1.xml">
 <!ENTITY pf-oz-organpart2 SYSTEM "../preface/organpart2.xml">
diff --git a/index.xml b/index.xml
index b9b6cd36d..695e14452 100644
--- a/index.xml
+++ b/index.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 <!ENTITY hints-root "http://hints.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/">
 <!ENTITY hints-index "http://hints.linuxfromscratch.org/hints.shtml">
 <!ENTITY blfs-root "http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org/">
+<!ENTITY tldp-root "http://www.tldp.org/">
 
 <!ENTITY all-version "cvs-20021023-1707">
 <!ENTITY all-size-kb "99,270 KB">
diff --git a/preface/preface.xml b/preface/preface.xml
index 3ec6d6b3b..333a1b397 100644
--- a/preface/preface.xml
+++ b/preface/preface.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 &pf-foreword;
 &pf-whoread;
 &pf-whonotread;
+&pf-prerequisites;
 &pf-organization;
 
 </preface>
diff --git a/preface/prerequisites.xml b/preface/prerequisites.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec827c4a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/preface/prerequisites.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<sect1 id="pf-prerequisites">
+<title>Prerequisites</title>
+<?dbhtml filename="prerequisites.html" dir="preface"?>
+
+<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 "generic"
+UNIX software distributions under Linux. This HOWTO is available at
+<ulink url="&tldp-root;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>
+
+</itemizedlist>
+
+</sect1>
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