Minor text corrections in the README

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Lay in a supply of caffeine beverages.
*. It is recommended that you temporarily unpack your linux kernel,
run <make menuconfig>, configure the kernal as per the book and save
run <make menuconfig>, configure the kernel as per the book and save
the resulting .config file. This suggestion also applies to the
configuration of the uClibc package when building a HLFS system using
uClibc rather than glibc.
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6. FAQ::
Q. "It doesn't work"
Q. "It doesn't work!"
A. Yes it does, try ./lfs --help
Q. "How do I specify the build location"
Q. "How do I specify the build location?"
A. The original LFS document worked against the well know location /mnt/lfs.
This script automates the build of all of the LFS series of books and uses
a generic location $BUILDDIR with a default value a /mnt/build_dir.
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FHS dir structure
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Q. "What is the function of the SRC_ARCHIVE variable
Q. "What is the function of the SRC_ARCHIVE variable?"
A. When then symlinked master.sh runs it creates a local copy of the
necessary packages in BUILDDIR/sources by downloading the files. If
the variable SRC_ARCHIVE is defined the software will first look in
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If the files are not found in SRC_ARCHIVE _and_ you have write priv to
the directory any downloaded files will be mirrored there.
Q. "How do I set the SRC_ARCHIVE location"
Q. "How do I set the SRC_ARCHIVE location?"
A. The best way to set the value of SRC_ARCHIVE is
export SRC_ARCHIVE=/wherever/you/store/downloaded/packages
OR
you can change the setting in .common/config.
Q. "Why have 2 copies of the files."
Q. "Why have 2 copies of the files?"
A. The package files must be visible during the chroot phase and this is a
simple and reliable method of doing so. This method also handles the CLFS
build method where the final build may be done on a separate machine.