Linux From Scratch

Version 4.0

Gerard Beekmans

Copyright © 1999-2002 by Gerard Beekmans

This book describes the process of creating a Linux system from scratch, using nothing but the sources of the required software.

Dedication

This book is dedicated to my loving and supportive wife Beverly Beekmans.

Table of Contents

Who would want to read this book

Who would not want to read this book

Organization

Part I - Introduction
Part II - Installation of the base LFS system
Part III - Appendixes

I. Part I - Introduction

1. Introduction

Acknowledgments
How things are going to be done
Conventions used in this book
Book version
Mirror sites
Changelog
Mailing lists and archives
News server
FAQ
Contact information

2. Important information

About $LFS
About SBUs
Where to store the downloaded software
How to install the software
Which Platform?
How to ask for help

II. Part II - Installing the LFS system

3. Packages that need to be downloaded

Introduction
Packages that need to be downloaded

4. Preparing a new partition

Introduction
Creating a new partition
Creating a file system on the new partition
Mounting the new partition

5. Preparing the LFS system

Introduction
Why do we use static linking?
Creating the $LFS/static directory
Install all software as an unprivileged user
Installing Bash-2.05a
Installing Binutils-2.13
Installing Bzip2-1.0.2
Installing Diffutils-2.8.1
Installing Fileutils-4.1
Installing Findutils-4.1
Installing Gawk-3.1.1
Installing GCC-3.2
Installing Grep-2.5
Installing Gzip-1.2.4a
Installing Make-3.79.1
Installing Patch-2.5.4
Installing Sed-3.02
Installing Sh-utils-2.0
Installing Tar-1.13
Installing Texinfo-4.2
Installing Textutils-2.1
Installing Util-linux-2.11u

6. Installing basic system software

Introduction
About debugging symbols
Entering the chroot environment
Changing ownership
Creating directories
Mounting the proc file system
Creating the mtab symlink
Creating the bash and sh symlinks
Creating the passwd and group files
Creating devices (Makedev-1.7)
Installing Linux-2.4.19
Installing Man-pages-1.52
Installing Glibc-2.2.5
Installing GCC-3.2
Installing Zlib-1.1.4
Installing Findutils-4.1
Installing Gawk-3.1.1
Installing Ncurses-5.2
Installing Vim-6.1
Installing Bison-1.35
Installing Less-374
Installing Groff-1.18
Installing Textutils-2.1
Installing Sed-3.02
Installing Flex-2.5.4a
Installing Binutils-2.13
Installing Fileutils-4.1
Installing Sh-utils-2.0
Installing Gettext-0.11.5
Installing Net-tools-1.60
Installing Perl-5.8.0
Installing Linux threads-2.2.5 man pages
Installing M4-1.4
Installing Texinfo-4.2
Installing Autoconf-2.53
Installing Automake-1.6.3
Installing Bash-2.05a
Installing File-3.39
Installing Libtool-1.4.2
Installing Bin86-0.16.3
Installing Bzip2-1.0.2
Installing Ed-0.2
Installing Kbd-1.06
Installing Diffutils-2.8.1
Installing E2fsprogs-1.27
Installing Grep-2.5
Installing Gzip-1.2.4a
Installing Man-1.5k
Installing Lilo-22.2
Installing Make-3.79.1
Installing Modutils-2.4.19
Installing Netkit-base-0.17
Installing Patch-2.5.4
Installing Procinfo-18
Installing Procps-2.0.7
Installing Psmisc-21
Installing Shadow-4.0.3
Installing Sysklogd-1.4.1
Installing Sysvinit-2.84
Installing Tar-1.13
Installing Util-linux-2.11u
Installing LFS-Bootscripts-1.10
Configuring essential software

7. Setting up system boot scripts

Introduction
How does the booting process with these scripts work?
Configuring the setclock script
Do I need the loadkeys script?
Configuring the sysklogd script
Configuring the localnet script
Creating the /etc/hosts file
Configuring the network script

8. Making the LFS system bootable

Introduction
Creating the /etc/fstab file
Installing Linux-2.4.19
Making the LFS system bootable

The End
Get Counted
Rebooting the system

III. Part III - Appendixes

A. Package descriptions and dependencies

B. Resources

Introduction
Books
HOWTOs and Guides
Other

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