Linux From Scratch

Gerard Beekmans

This book describes the process of creating your own Linux system from scratch from an already installed Linux distribution, using nothing but the sources of software that are needed.

Dedication

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

Table of Contents

Preface

Who would want to read this book

Who would not want to read this book

Organization

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

I. Part I - Introduction

1. Introduction

Introduction
How things are going to be done
Book versions
Acknowledgements
Changelog
Mailinglists and archives
Contact information

2. Important information

About $LFS
How to download the software
How to install the software
Download the bootscripts
Download the LFS Commands

II. Part II - Installing the LFS system

3. Packages you need to download

4. Preparing a new partition

Introduction
Creating a new partition
Creating a ext2 file system on the new partition
Mounting the new partition
Creating directories

5. Preparing the LFS system

Introduction
Installing Bash
Installing Binutils
Installing Bzip2
Installing Diffutils
Installing Fileutils
Installing GCC on the normal system if necessary
Installing GCC on the LFS system
Installing Linux Kernel
Installing Glibc
Installing Grep
Installing Gzip
Installing Make
Installing Sed
Installing Shellutils
Installing Tar
Installing Textutils
Creating passwd and group files
Mounting $LFS/proc file system

6. Installing basic system software

Introduction
About debugging symbols
Creating $LFS/root/.bash_profile
Entering the chroot'ed environment
Creating device files
Installing Man-pages
Installing Ed
Installing Patch
Installing Findutils
Installing Mawk
Installing Ncurses
Installing Vim
Installing GCC
Installing Bison
Installing Less
Installing Groff
Installing Man
Installing Perl
Installing M4
Installing Texinfo
Installing Autoconf
Installing Automake
Installing Bash
Installing Flex
Installing File
Installing Libtool
Installing Bin86
Installing Binutils
Installing Bzip2
Installing Gettext
Installing Consoletools
Installing Consoledata
Installing Diffutils
Installing E2fsprogs
Installing Fileutils
Installing Grep
Installing Gzip
Installing Ldso
Installing Lilo
Installing Make
Installing Modutils
Installing Procinfo
Installing Procps
Installing Psmisc
Installing Sed
Installing Shellutils
Installing Shadowpwd
Installing Sysklogd
Installing Sysvinit
Installing Tar
Installing Textutils
Installing Utillinux
Removing old NSS library files
Configuring essential software

7. Creating system boot scripts

Introduction
Creating directories
Creating the rc script
Creating the rcS script
Creating the functions script
Creating the checkfs script
Creating the halt script
Creating the loadkeys script
Creating the mountfs script
Creating the reboot script
Creating the sendsignals script
Creating the setclock script
Creating the sysklogd script
Creating the template script
Setting up symlinks and permissions
Creating the /etc/fstab file

8. Making the LFS system bootable

Introduction
Installing a kernel
Adding an entry to LILO
Rebooting the system

9. Setting up basic networking

Introduction
Installing network software
Creating the /etc/init.d/localnet bootscript
Creating the /etc/sysconfig/network file
Creating the /etc/hosts file
Creating the /etc/init.d/ethnet script

III. Part III - Appendixes

A. Package descriptions

Introduction
Glibc
Linux kernel
Ed
Patch
GCC
Bison
Mawk
Findutils
Ncurses
Less
Groff
Man
Perl
M4
Texinfo
Autoconf
Automake
Bash
Flex
Binutils
Bzip2
Diffutils
E2fsprogs
File
Fileutils
Gettext
Grep
Gzip
Ld.so
Libtool
Bin86
Lilo
Make
Shellutils
Shadow Password Suite
Modutils
Procinfo
Procps
Vim
Psmisc
Sed
Sysklogd
Sysvinit
Tar
Textutils
Util Linux
Console-tools
Console-data
Man-pages

B. Resources

Introduction
Books
HOWTOs and Guides
Other

C. Official download locations

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