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| 8 | <sect1 id="ch-intro-resources"> |
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| 9 | <?dbhtml filename="resources.html"?> |
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| 10 | |
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| 11 | <title>Resources</title> |
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| 12 | |
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| 13 | <sect2 id="ch-intro-faq"> |
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| 14 | <title>FAQ</title> |
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| 15 | |
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| 16 | <para>If during the building of the LFS system you encounter any |
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| 17 | errors, have any questions, or think there is a typo in the book, |
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| 18 | please start by consulting the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) |
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| 19 | that is located at <ulink url="&faq-root;"/>.</para> |
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| 20 | |
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| 21 | </sect2> |
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| 22 | |
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| 23 | <sect2 id="ch-intro-maillists" xreflabel="Chapter 1 - Mailing Lists"> |
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| 24 | <title>Mailing Lists</title> |
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| 25 | |
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| 26 | <para>The <uri>linuxfromscratch.org</uri> server hosts a number of |
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| 27 | mailing lists used for the development of the LFS project. These lists |
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| 28 | include the main development and support lists, among others. If the |
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| 29 | FAQ does not solve the problem you are having, the next step would be to |
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| 30 | search the mailing lists at <ulink url="&lfs-root;search.html"/>.</para> |
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| 31 | |
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| 32 | <para>For information on the different lists, how to subscribe, archive |
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| 33 | locations, and additional information, visit |
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| 34 | <ulink url="&lfs-root;mail.html"/>.</para> |
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| 35 | |
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| 36 | </sect2> |
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| 37 | |
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| 38 | <sect2 id="ch-intro-newsserver"> |
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| 39 | <title>News Server</title> |
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| 40 | |
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| 41 | <para>The mailing lists hosted at <uri>linuxfromscratch.org</uri> are |
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| 42 | also accessible via the Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) server. |
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| 43 | All messages posted to a mailing list are copied to the corresponding |
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| 44 | newsgroup, and vice versa.</para> |
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| 45 | |
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| 46 | <para>The news server is located at |
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| 47 | <uri>news.linuxfromscratch.org</uri>.</para> |
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| 48 | |
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| 49 | </sect2> |
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| 50 | |
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| 51 | <sect2 id="ch-intro-irc"> |
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| 52 | <title>IRC</title> |
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| 53 | |
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| 54 | <para>Several members of the LFS community offer assistance on our |
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| 55 | community Internet Relay Chat (IRC) network. Before using this support, |
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| 56 | please make sure that your question is not already answered in the LFS |
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| 57 | FAQ or the mailing list archives. You can find the IRC network at |
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| 58 | <uri>irc.linuxfromscratch.org</uri>. The support channel for cross-lfs is |
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| 59 | named #cross-lfs. For support on the standard LFS the support channel |
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| 60 | is named #lfs-support.</para> |
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| 61 | |
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| 62 | </sect2> |
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| 63 | |
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| 64 | <sect2 id="ch-intro-references"> |
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| 65 | <title>References</title> |
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| 66 | |
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| 67 | <para>For additional information on the packages, useful tips are |
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| 68 | available in the LFS Package Reference page located at <ulink |
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| 69 | url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/~matthew/LFS-references.html"/>.</para> |
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| 70 | |
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| 71 | </sect2> |
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| 72 | |
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| 73 | <sect2 id="ch-intro-mirrors" xreflabel="Chapter 1 - Mirror sites"> |
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| 74 | <title>Mirror Sites</title> |
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| 75 | |
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| 76 | <para>The LFS project has a number of world-wide mirrors to make |
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| 77 | accessing the website and downloading the required packages more |
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| 78 | convenient. Please visit the LFS website at <ulink |
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| 79 | url="&lfs-root;mirrors.html"/> for a list of current mirrors.</para> |
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| 80 | |
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| 81 | </sect2> |
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| 82 | |
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| 83 | <sect2 id="ch-intro-contactinfo"> |
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| 84 | <title>Contact Information</title> |
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| 85 | |
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| 86 | <para>Please direct all your questions and comments to one of the LFS |
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| 87 | mailing lists (see above).</para> |
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| 88 | |
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| 89 | </sect2> |
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| 90 | |
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| 91 | </sect1> |
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