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<sect1 id="ch01-how">
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<title>How things are going to be done</title>
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<para>
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We are going to build the LFS system by using an already installed Linux
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distribution such as Debian, SuSE, Slackware, Mandrake, RedHat, etc. You
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don't need to have any kind of bootdisk. We will use an existing Linux
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system as the base (since we need a compiler, linker, text editor, and
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other tools).
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</para>
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<para>
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If you don't have Linux installed yet, you won't be able to put this
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book to use right away. I suggest you first install a Linux
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distribution. It really doesn't matter which one you install. It also
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doesn't need to be the latest version, though it shouldn't be too old.
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If it is about a year old or newer it should do just fine. You will save
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yourself a lot of trouble if your normal system uses glibc-2.1 or newer.
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Libc5 isn't supported by this book, though it isn't impossible to use a
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libc5 system if you have no choice.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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