diff --git a/chapter05/makedev-exp.xml b/chapter05/makedev-exp.xml
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-<sect2>
-<title>Command explanations</title>
-
-<para>
-<userinput>sed "s/# 9/9/" MAKEDEV &gt;/dev/MAKEDEV:</userinput> By
-default the Makedev script only creates the hda1-hda8 and hdb1-hdb8
-devices. By replacing "# 9" by "9"'s in the MAKEDEV script, it will
-create hda1-hda20, hdb1-hdb20 and possible others (like hdc and hdd)
-</para>
-
-<para>
-<userinput>chmod 754 /dev/MAKEDEV:</userinput> This sets the permissions
-of the MAKEDEV script to mode 754 which makes it executable only for
-owner and group and readable by everybody.
-</para>
-
-</sect2>
-
diff --git a/chapter05/makedev-inst.xml b/chapter05/makedev-inst.xml
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-<sect2>
-<title>Installation of MAKEDEV</title>
-
-<para>
-Install MAKEDEV by running the following commands:
-</para>
-
-<blockquote><literallayout>
-
-	<userinput>sed s/"# 9"/9/ MAKEDEV &gt;$LFS/dev/MAKEDEV
-		&amp;&amp;</userinput>
-	<userinput>cd $LFS/dev &amp;&amp;</userinput>
-	<userinput>chmod 754 MAKEDEV &amp;&amp;</userinput>
-	<userinput>cp MAKEDEV MAKEDEV-temp &amp;&amp;</userinput>
-	<userinput>patch -Ni $LFS/usr/src/MAKEDEV-2.5.patch</userinput>
-
-
-</literallayout></blockquote>
-
-<para>
-The actual creation of the device files in $LFS/dev will be taken care
-of in chapter 6.
-</para>
-
-</sect2>
-
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-<sect1 id="ch05-makedev">
-<title>Installing Makedev</title>
-
-&c5-makedev-inst;
-&c5-makedev-exp;
-&aa-makedev-desc;
-
-</sect1>
-