Cleaned up verbiage in unnumbered intro to part 3 (chapters 5 et seq).

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<title>Introduction</title> <title>Introduction</title>
<para>This part is divided into three stages: first building a cross <para>This part is divided into three stages: first, building a cross
compiler and its associated libraries; second, use this cross toolchain compiler and its associated libraries; second, using this cross toolchain
to build several utilities in a way that isolates them from the host to build several utilities in a way that isolates them from the host
distribution; third, enter the chroot environment, which further improves distribution; and third, entering the chroot environment (which further improves
host isolation, and build the remaining tools needed to build the final host isolation) and constructing the remaining tools needed to build the final
system.</para> system.</para>
<important><para>With this part begins the real work of building a new <important><para>This is where the real work of building a new system
system. It requires much care in ensuring that the instructions are begins. Be very careful to follow the instructions exactly as the book
followed exactly as the book shows them. You should try to understand shows them. You should try to understand what each command does,
what they do, and whatever your eagerness to finish your build, you should and no matter how eager you are to finish your build, you should
refrain from blindly type them as shown, but rather read documentation when refrain from blindly typing the commands as shown. Read the documentation when
there is something you do not understand. Also, keep track of your typing there is something you do not understand. Also, keep track of your typing
and of the output of commands, by sending them to a file, using the and of the output of commands, by using the <command>tee</command> utility
<command>tee</command> utility. This allows for better diagnosing to send the terminal output to a file. This makes debugging easier
if something gets wrong.</para></important> if something goes wrong.</para></important>
<para>The next section gives a technical introduction to the build process, <para>The next section is a technical introduction to the build process,
while the following one contains <emphasis role="strong">very while the following one presents <emphasis role="strong">very
important</emphasis> general instructions.</para> important</emphasis> general instructions.</para>
</sect1> </sect1>