diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 8ab56cc3f..ddd4d5f30 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@
 </itemizedlist>
 </para></listitem>
 
+<listitem><para>October 7th, 2003 [greg]: Preface: Add note about the Essential
+Pre-Reading Hint. Closes Bug 585.</para></listitem>
+
 <listitem><para>October 6th, 2003 [greg]: Simplify seds in "Locking in Glibc"
 and "Re-adjusting the toolchain" sections. Rearrange "How things are going to be
 done" section.</para></listitem>
diff --git a/chapter05/lockingglibc.xml b/chapter05/lockingglibc.xml
index 569e9ca1c..521c09020 100644
--- a/chapter05/lockingglibc.xml
+++ b/chapter05/lockingglibc.xml
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ occurrence of "/lib/ld-linux.so.2" with "/tools/lib/ld-linux.so.2".</para>
 <important><para>If you are working on a platform where the name of the dynamic
 linker is something other than <filename>ld-linux.so.2</filename>, you
 <emphasis>must</emphasis> substitute <filename>ld-linux.so.2</filename> with the
-name of your platform's dynamic linker in the above commands. Refer back to the
-"Toolchain technical notes" section if necessary.</para></important>
+name of your platform's dynamic linker in the above commands. Refer back to
+<xref linkend="ch05-toolchaintechnotes"/> if necessary.</para></important>
 
 <para>Lastly, there is a possibility that some include files from the host
 system have found their way into GCC's private include dir. This can happen
diff --git a/chapter06/adjustingtoolchain.xml b/chapter06/adjustingtoolchain.xml
index ba61d857a..c68e5d950 100644
--- a/chapter06/adjustingtoolchain.xml
+++ b/chapter06/adjustingtoolchain.xml
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ changes were actually made.</para>
 <important><para>If you are working on a platform where the name of the dynamic
 linker is something other than <filename>ld-linux.so.2</filename>, you
 <emphasis>must</emphasis> substitute <filename>ld-linux.so.2</filename> with the
-name of your platform's dynamic linker in the above commands. Refer back to the
-"Toolchain technical notes" section if necessary.</para></important>
+name of your platform's dynamic linker in the above commands. Refer back to
+<xref linkend="ch05-toolchaintechnotes"/> if necessary.</para></important>
 
 <caution><para>It is imperative at this point to stop and ensure that the
 basic functions (compiling and linking) of the adjusted toolchain are working
diff --git a/chapter06/binutils-inst.xml b/chapter06/binutils-inst.xml
index d91b0f284..7ebec5652 100644
--- a/chapter06/binutils-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter06/binutils-inst.xml
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ everything is set up correctly by performing a simple test:</para>
 
 <para>Your chroot environment is not set up for proper PTY operation. In this
 case there is no point in running the test suites for Binutils and GCC until you
-are able to resolve the issue. Please refer back to the "Mounting the proc and
-devpts file systems" and "Creating devices (Makedev)" sections and perform the
-recommended steps to fix the problem.</para>
+are able to resolve the issue. Please refer back to <xref linkend="ch06-proc"/>
+and <xref linkend="ch06-makedev"/> and perform the recommended steps to fix the
+problem.</para>
 
 <note><para>The test suite for Binutils in this section is considered
 <emphasis>critical</emphasis>. Our advice is to not skip it under any
diff --git a/chapter06/man-inst.xml b/chapter06/man-inst.xml
index e2b86fb88..958cce200 100644
--- a/chapter06/man-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter06/man-inst.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ configuration file in the <filename>/etc</filename> directory.</para></listitem>
 edit the man.conf file and add the <userinput>-c</userinput> argument
 to nroff.</para></note>
 
-<para>You may want to also take a look at the BLFS book which deals with 
+<para>You may want to also take a look at the BLFS page at
+<ulink url="&blfs-root;view/cvs/postlfs/compressdoc.html"/> which deals with
 formatting and compression issues for man pages.</para>
 
 </sect2>
diff --git a/preface/prerequisites.xml b/preface/prerequisites.xml
index ec827c4a1..dd26a9969 100644
--- a/preface/prerequisites.xml
+++ b/preface/prerequisites.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,15 @@ UNIX software distributions under Linux. This HOWTO is available at
 available at
 <ulink url="http://espc22.murdoch.edu.au/~stewart/guide/guide.html"/>.</para></listitem>
 
+<listitem><para>The Essential Pre-Reading Hint</para>
+
+<para>This is an LFS Hint written specifically for new users of Linux. It is
+mostly a list of links to excellent sources of information on a wide range of
+topics. Any person attempting to install LFS, should at least have an
+understanding of many of the topics in this hint. It is available at
+
+<ulink url="&hints-root;essential_prereading.txt"/></para></listitem>
+
 </itemizedlist>
 
 </sect1>