Well, I'm a newbie trying to build LFS using the LiveCD. I have been unable to get my LCD monitor working in X. So it's very difficult  (and error prone) to switch between consoles and type in unfamiliar commands (those sed commands are a great pain). A concise hint like that one will be very useful for people like me.
I actually remained glued to the computer even though my mind wasn't working, copying commands character-by-character with my fingers pressing the wrong keys. I was getting frustrated and understood nothing - only the fear of messing up something if I turned off the computer kept me from taking a break. Finally, I gave up and rebooted into windows to search for any hints on the net (too tired to try to set up internet in the livecd environment and I don't like Lynx).
Fortunately, I found this hint - I guess I should have skimmed through the list archives before starting.. I'll start afresh tomorrow - using scripts, etc. instead of line-by-line copying.. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.. This will be useful to a lot of people - I'll soon post my experience.

Ashwin.
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