Linux From Scratch (LFS) is a project that provides you with step-by-step instructions for building your own customized Linux system entirely from source. http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/

Manuel Canales Esparcia 0988f83f60 Revised packages and patches sizes. Using the lfs-packages-6.1.tar package and du -k to meassure it. %!s(int64=20) %!d(string=hai) anos
appendixa 1e9bcf337f Fixed SBU definition (merged from r6390) %!s(int64=20) %!d(string=hai) anos
appendixb d58f95eb4d Bring acknowledgements up to date %!s(int64=20) %!d(string=hai) anos
chapter01 0988f83f60 Revised packages and patches sizes. Using the lfs-packages-6.1.tar package and du -k to meassure it. %!s(int64=20) %!d(string=hai) anos
chapter02 374283348f Brought (hopefully) all references of man/info pages into conformity. Updated typography to reflect this. (merged from trunk r6376) %!s(int64=20) %!d(string=hai) anos
chapter03 0988f83f60 Revised packages and patches sizes. Using the lfs-packages-6.1.tar package and du -k to meassure it. %!s(int64=20) %!d(string=hai) anos
chapter04 374283348f Brought (hopefully) all references of man/info pages into conformity. Updated typography to reflect this. (merged from trunk r6376) %!s(int64=20) %!d(string=hai) anos
chapter05 49eaebc267 Removed reference to the wiki. Pointed to the FAQ instead. (merged from trunk r6386) %!s(int64=20) %!d(string=hai) anos
chapter06 624e0628a7 Added security patch for zlib. (merged from trunk r6414) %!s(int64=20) %!d(string=hai) anos
chapter07 6a6bbc02a7 Minor typo fixes and rewordings (merged from r6404 and 6410) %!s(int64=20) %!d(string=hai) anos
chapter08 374283348f Brought (hopefully) all references of man/info pages into conformity. Updated typography to reflect this. (merged from trunk r6376) %!s(int64=20) %!d(string=hai) anos
chapter09 68b786c273 Several minor wording changes in chapters 8 and 9 (matt). Also removed the paragraph about compressing kernel modules. (merged from trunk r6340) %!s(int64=20) %!d(string=hai) anos
prologue 6a6bbc02a7 Minor typo fixes and rewordings (merged from r6404 and 6410) %!s(int64=20) %!d(string=hai) anos
stylesheets 6c40608862 Remove admonition graphics from nochunked output (merged from r6352) %!s(int64=20) %!d(string=hai) anos
FORMER_CONTRIBUTORS bf647e74d8 Added fomer contributors file %!s(int64=20) %!d(string=hai) anos
INSTALL 82d3941c5a * Update INSTALL instructions (Randy McMurchy) %!s(int64=20) %!d(string=hai) anos
Makefile 6c40608862 Remove admonition graphics from nochunked output (merged from r6352) %!s(int64=20) %!d(string=hai) anos
README f067d1ded4 Corrected Makefile at suggestion of Richard Downing - make BASEDIR=/some/path instead of BASEDIR=/some/path make %!s(int64=21) %!d(string=hai) anos
general.ent 0988f83f60 Revised packages and patches sizes. Using the lfs-packages-6.1.tar package and du -k to meassure it. %!s(int64=20) %!d(string=hai) anos
index.xml 17700191e9 Upgraded to DocBook 4.4 DTD %!s(int64=20) %!d(string=hai) anos
tidy.conf 9ad01770fa HTML Tidy's newline detection appears to be broken. Force LF line endings assuming people are rendering on a Linux box (merged from trunk r6347) %!s(int64=20) %!d(string=hai) anos

README

LFS Book Readme

This document is meant to instruct the user on how to convert the book's XML
source to other formats (e.g. HTML, PDF, PS and TXT). First, if you have not
already done so, please read the INSTALL file for instructions on how to install
the required software. If you have already completed the steps outlined in the
INSTALL file, then continue reading for examples how to convert these files into
various other formats.

XML to XHTML:
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make BASEDIR=/path/to/output/location


XML to PDF:
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make pdf &&
cp lfs.pdf /path/to/output/location