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 <sect1 id="ch02-install">
 <title>How to install the software</title>
 
+<para>Before you start using the LFS book, we should point out that all
+of the commands here assume that you are using the bash shell.  If you
+aren't, the commands may work but we can't gaurantee it.  If you want a
+simple life, use bash.</para>
+
 <para>Before you can actually start doing something with a package, you need
 to unpack it first. Often the package files are tar'ed and
 gzip'ed or bzip2'ed. I'm not going to write down every time how to