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+Linux System Administrator's Guide			-*-Text-*-
+by Lars Wirzenius
+
+ALPHA VERSION 0.2
+
+This is the README for the Linux System Administrator's Guide, SAG for
+short.  The SAG is written using LaTeX, but for the benefit of those
+who do not have access to LaTeX, several formatted versions for
+different output devices are also provided (I will provide the source,
+a .dvi file, and PostScript; I hope I can get someone to do a few
+other formats as well, including ASCII).
+
+I am releasing alpha versions of the SAG for everyone to read, and
+especially to comment on.  Each alpha version will contain the
+chapters that are `finished' so far, and an outline / table of
+contents for the rest of the manual.  By `finished', I mean that the
+chapter contains at least the minimal needed information, that it is
+not missing any important (as opposed to merely useful) information,
+that I think it is good enough so that I won't get too many mails
+about destroyed systems, and that it does not rely on information in
+as yet unreleased chapters.
+
+The alpha versions are not intended to be used for real, so don't
+complain if you get in trouble because of them.  
+
+Please send feedback to lars.wirzenius@helsinki.fi but don't be
+alarmed if I don't answer very soon.  I will be mostly out of touch
+with the net until the beginning of September.
+
+The thing to run through LaTeX is sag.tex.  It includes the rest of
+the files automatically.
+
+If you cannot get the other formats, here's a couple of notes on how
+to read the LaTeX source:
+
+	A comment is introduced by `%' and continues to the end of a line.
+
+	'{' and '}' are used to delimit groups (as in C, and like
+	`begin' and `end' in Pascal), and parameters to commands.
+
+	'[' and ']' are also used to delimit parameters to commands.
+
+	A command is introduced by '\' and consists of the next word.
+	A few of the important commands are \linux (which typesets
+	Linux in a `nice' way); \cmd{foo}, \fn{foo}, and \man{foo}
+	which typeset `foo' in a suitable way; and \chapter, \section,
+	and \subsection, which start the corresponding part in the
+	book (their argument is the name of the part).  You can
+	probably ignore most other commands.
+
+	If there is something else that looks funny, and doesn't make
+	sense to be part of the text, you can probably ignore it.
+
+(I'm not interested in hearing that LaTeX source code is difficult to
+read.)