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   your machine, you may wish to use a livecd. Most distributions provide
   a livecd, which provides an environment to which you can add the required
-  tools onto, allowing you to successfully follow the instructions in this
-  book. Remember that if you reboot the livecd you will need to reconfigure
-  the host environment before continuing with your build.</para>
+  tools onto, allowing you to
+  successfully follow the instructions in this book. Remember that if you
+  reboot the livecd you will need to reconfigure the host environment before
+  continuing with your build.</para>
 
   <para><xref linkend="chapter-partitioning"/> of this book describes how
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   <para>After we build our <quote>Cross-Tools</quote>, we start building
   a very minimal working system in
-  <filename class="directory">/tools</filename>, using the cross-toolchain in
-  <filename class="directory">/cross-tools</filename>. Once the temporary
-  system is finished, we perform a few additional tasks to prepare to
-  enter this temporary build environment, either by booting or chrooting into
-  it. For more details about the difference between these methods, see
-  <xref linkend="ch-temp-system-choose"/>.</para>
+  <filename class="directory">/tools</filename>. This minimal system will be
+  built using the cross-toolchain in
+  <filename class="directory">/cross-tools</filename>.</para>
 
-  <para>In <xref linkend="chapter-building-system"/>, after having booted
-  or chrooted into the temporary build environment, the full CLFS system is
-  built.</para>
+  <para>In <xref linkend="chapter-building-system"/>, the full CLFS system is
+  built. Depending on the system you are cross-compiling for, you will either
+  boot the minimal temp-system on the target machine, or chroot into it.</para>
 
-  <para>To finish the installation, several configuration files are created in
-  <xref linkend="chapter-system-config"/>, and the kernel and boot loader are
-  set up in <xref linkend="chapter-bootable"/>.
-  <xref linkend="chapter-finalizing"/>
+  <para>The <command>chroot</command> (change root) program is used to enter
+  a virtual environment and start a new shell whose root directory will be set
+  to the CLFS partition. This is very similar to rebooting and instructing the
+  kernel to mount the CLFS partition as the root partition.
+  The major advantage is that <quote>chrooting</quote> allows the builder to
+  continue using the host while CLFS is being built. While waiting for package
+  compilation to complete, a user can switch to a different virtual console
+  (VC) or X desktop and continue using the computer as normal.</para>
+
+  <para>Some systems cannot be built by chrooting so they must be
+  booted instead. Generally, if you building for a different arch than
+  the host system, you must reboot because the kernel will likely not
+  support the target machine. Booting involves installing a few
+  additional packages that are needed for bootup, installing
+  bootscripts, and building a miminal kernel.<!-- We also describe some
+  alternative booting methods in <xref linkend="ch-boot-whatnext"/> --></para>
+
+  <para> To finish the installation, the CLFS-Bootscripts are set up in
+  <xref linkend="chapter-system-config"/>, and the kernel and boot loader are set
+  up in <xref linkend="chapter-bootable"/>. <xref linkend="chapter-finalizing"/>
   contains information on furthering the CLFS experience beyond this book.
   After the steps in this book have been implemented, the computer will be