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diff --git a/doc/book-enea-linux-release-info/doc/prerequisites.xml b/doc/book-enea-linux-release-info/doc/prerequisites.xml
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--- a/doc/book-enea-linux-release-info/doc/prerequisites.xml
+++ b/doc/book-enea-linux-release-info/doc/prerequisites.xml
@@ -28,4 +28,5 @@ $ git config --global user.email johndoe@example.com</programlisting>
   <xi:include href="eltf_params_updated.xml"
               xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
               xpointer="element(eltf-prereq-apt-get-commands-host/1)" />
-</chapter>
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+  <xi:include href="system_requirements.xml"              xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" />
+</chapter>
diff --git a/doc/book-enea-linux-release-info/doc/system_requirements.xml b/doc/book-enea-linux-release-info/doc/system_requirements.xml
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index 0000000..d0a8633
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+++ b/doc/book-enea-linux-release-info/doc/system_requirements.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
+<!DOCTYPE section PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
+"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
+<section id="enea-linux-sysreq">
+  <title>System Requirements</title>
+  <para>The host requirements listed below are extensive to allow for the building of
+Linux images via the Yocto system, and not just applications.</para>
+
+  <para>Please also see the system requirements in the Yocto 2.1 documents: Yocto Project Start <ulink
+  url="http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/2.1/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.html#yp-resources">
+  http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/2.1/yocto-project-qs/yocto-project-qs.html#yp-resources</ulink>
+  and the Yocto Project Reference Manual <ulink
+  url="http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/2.1/ref-manual/ref-manual.html#intro-requirements">
+  http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/2.1/ref-manual/ref-manual.html#intro-requirements</ulink>.
+  If needed, replace the Yocto version in the links provided with a more recent version.</para>
+
+  <informaltable>
+    <tgroup cols="2">
+      <colspec align="left" colname="1" colwidth="1*" />
+      <colspec align="left" colname="2" colwidth="3*" />
+      <spanspec nameend="2" namest="1" spanname="onetwo" />
+
+      <tbody>
+        <row>
+          <entry spanname="onetwo"><emphasis role="bold">
+                  Build host requirements<indexterm>
+              <primary>system requirements</primary>
+            </indexterm></emphasis></entry>
+        </row>
+
+        <row>
+          <entry>Linux distribution</entry>
+
+          <entry>The downloaded code shall be built on a Linux host to generate images for your
+                  target or for emulation in QEMU. For information about the supported hosts and targets, see the
+                  <emphasis role="bold">Enea Linux Release Information</emphasis> in your Enea Linux distribution.</entry>
+        </row>
+
+        <row>
+          <entry>Internet access</entry>
+
+          <entry>Internet access must be available when building an image, since bitbake downloads
+                  source files from various servers during the build.</entry>
+        </row>
+
+        <row>
+          <entry>Packages</entry>
+
+          <entry>Depending on the Linux distribution and version on host, some packages may be required,
+                  by bitbake for example. You will install any required packages while following the installation
+                  instructions.</entry>
+        </row>
+
+        <row>
+          <entry>Targets</entry>
+
+          <entry>Images can be built or downloaded for any of the targets supported in this release,
+                  as specified in the <emphasis role="bold">Enea Linux Release Information</emphasis>.</entry>
+        </row>
+
+        <row>
+          <entry>Disk space</entry>
+
+          <entry><para>Your system should have at least 50 GB of free disk space when bitbaking the
+                  basic enea-image-name kernel image.</para>
+                  <para>For larger images and to allow for future package extensions and variations
+                  in the build process, a minimum of 100 GB free disk space is recommended.</para></entry>
+        </row>
+
+        <row>
+          <entry>Recommended RAM</entry>
+
+          <entry><para>Your system must have at least 4 GB available RAM.</para>
+                  <para>It is recommended to have 8 GB RAM available for parallel build jobs.</para></entry>
+        </row>
+
+        <row>
+          <entry>Java</entry>
+
+          <entry>Java <indexterm>
+              <primary>java</primary>
+            </indexterm>is required to run Eclipse. Currenly, Eclipse generally recommends at least
+                        Java 6 JRE/JDK. More information regarding operating environments for Eclipse, is provided in the
+                        <emphasis>Eclipse Project Release Notes</emphasis> for the version
+                        used. This can usually be found via http://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/development/readme_eclipse_version.
+                        See the <emphasis role="bold">Enea Linux Release Information
+                        </emphasis>for the Eclipse Version.</entry>
+        </row>
+      </tbody>
+    </tgroup>
+  </informaltable>
+
+  <para>The build time depends on the capacity of the processor and other hardware, available resources,
+  speed of internet connection, load situation, etc. E.g: on a fast 16 core machine with 16 GB RAM and
+  SSD disks, a complete build from source could take about two hours.</para>
+
+  <informaltable>
+    <tgroup cols="2">
+      <colspec align="left" colname="1" colwidth="1*" />
+      <colspec align="left" colname="2" colwidth="3*" />
+      <spanspec nameend="2" namest="1" spanname="onetwo" />
+
+      <tbody>
+        <row>
+          <entry spanname="onetwo"><emphasis role="bold">Target Requirements</emphasis></entry>
+        </row>
+
+        <row>
+          <entry>External memory</entry>
+
+          <entry>To boot a CGL<indexterm>
+              <primary>CGL</primary>
+            </indexterm> image, you need at least 16 GB on a hard-disk drive<indexterm>
+              <primary>HDD</primary>
+            </indexterm> on eSATA, USB drive, or SD card.<remark>INFO: (packed rootfs 4.5 GB + unpacked
+                        rootfs 1.5 GB + good margins)</remark><remark>INFO: NFS does not support SELinux. In
+                        order to have a security-enhanced Linux, one must take off from an NFS-booted system and
+                        proceed with boot from external memory.</remark></entry>
+        </row>
+      </tbody>
+    </tgroup>
+  </informaltable>
+
+  <section id="ensure-bash">
+    <title>System Shell Configuration</title>
+
+    <para>Before installing Enea Linux, ensure that bash is the default shell.</para>
+
+    <para>If your system runs Ubuntu, you can use ls -l to ensure <filename>/usr/bin</filename> is a
+        symbolic link to bash. In case the link points to dash, which is default in some Ubuntu versions,
+        change it to bash by running <emphasis role="bold">sudo dpkg-reconfigure dash</emphasis> and answer
+        <emphasis role="bold">No</emphasis> to the question "Use dash as the default system shell (/bin/sh)?":
+        </para>
+
+    <programlisting># ls -l /bin/sh
+        lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 2012-03-02 11:53 /bin/sh -&gt; bash</programlisting>
+  </section>
+</section>
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