Updated the discussion in Chapter 1 explaining that the LiveCD is out of date.

Added a paragraph to the note in the packages page explaining that bandwidth
can be saved when making multiple updates within a minor kernel release by
downloading a base version and patches.



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<para>2008-10-19</para>
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<para>[bdubbs] - Updated the discussion in Chapter 1 explaining that the
LiveCD is out of date.</para>
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<para>[bdubbs] - Added a paragraph to the note in the packages page
explaining that bandwidth can be saved when making multiple updates within a
minor kernel release by downloading a base version and patches.</para>
</listitem>
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<para>2008-10-18</para>
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<para>2008-10-15</para>
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during the distribution installation to be able to access these
tools.</para>
<para>As an alternative to installing a separate distribution
onto your machine, you may wish to use the Linux From Scratch LiveCD.
The CD works well as a host system, providing all the tools you need
to successfully follow the instructions in this book. Additionally,
it contains all the source packages, patches and a copy of this book.
So once you have the CD, no network connection or additional downloads
are necessary. For more information about the LFS LiveCD or to download
a copy, visit <ulink url="&livecd-root;"/>.</para>
<para>As an alternative to installing a separate distribution onto your
machine, you may wish to use the Linux From Scratch LiveCD or a LiveCD from a
commercial distribution. The LFS LiveCD works well as a host system,
providing all the tools you need to successfully follow the instructions in
this book. Unfortunately, development of the LiveCD has not progressed
recently and it only contains older versions of the source packages and
patches (for those ISOs not labels -nosrc or -min), and this book. For more
information about the LFS LiveCD or to download a copy, visit <ulink
url="&livecd-root;"/>.</para>
<note>
<para>The LFS LiveCD might not work on newer hardware configurations,
failing to boot or failing to detect some devices, like SATA hard
failing to boot or failing to detect some devices, some like SATA hard
drives.</para>
<para>The LFS LiveCD team is working to fix these issues, but they need your
help testing it, reporting found problems, and collaborating on the LiveCD
development.</para>
<para>Please, send your LFS LiveCD reports or development help collaborations
to the <ulink url="mailto:livecd@linuxfromscratch.org">LFS LiveCD
mailing list</ulink>.</para>
</note>
<para><xref linkend="chapter-partitioning"/> of this book describes how

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discoveries of security vulnerabilities. The latest available
&linux-major-version;.&linux-minor-version;.x kernel version should be
used, unless the errata page says otherwise.</para>
<para>For users with limited speed or expensive bandwidth who wish to
update the Linux kernel, a baseline version of the package and
patches can be downloaded separately. This may save some time or
cost for a subsequent patch level upgrade within a minor release.
<para>
</note>
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