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/

Jeremy Utley 307d0a23a3 Upgraded unstable to util-linux-2.12p - added Alexander's patch as adapted from the debian cramfs utilities package 20 vuotta sitten
appendixa e431af6961 Text dropped in prologue. 20 vuotta sitten
appendixb e431af6961 Text dropped in prologue. 20 vuotta sitten
chapter01 307d0a23a3 Upgraded unstable to util-linux-2.12p - added Alexander's patch as adapted from the debian cramfs utilities package 20 vuotta sitten
chapter02 1422130085 Dropped/updated the text in unstable - Chapter01, 02 and 09. 20 vuotta sitten
chapter03 307d0a23a3 Upgraded unstable to util-linux-2.12p - added Alexander's patch as adapted from the debian cramfs utilities package 20 vuotta sitten
chapter04 ae79672711 More text dropped. 20 vuotta sitten
chapter05 3ae155cde6 Upgraded binutils, fixing the strip bug. No changelog here because this is a simultaneous commit to testing/unstable 20 vuotta sitten
chapter06 307d0a23a3 Upgraded unstable to util-linux-2.12p - added Alexander's patch as adapted from the debian cramfs utilities package 20 vuotta sitten
chapter07 3d36131cff Fixed some look issues in unstable. 20 vuotta sitten
chapter08 3f0c882398 Removed the text in chapter 06. 20 vuotta sitten
chapter09 3f0c882398 Removed the text in chapter 06. 20 vuotta sitten
prologue e431af6961 Text dropped in prologue. 20 vuotta sitten
stylesheets faf3398093 Unstable use docbook-xsl-1.67.2. 20 vuotta sitten
INSTALL b8e37b35aa BLFS now handles installing ANT 20 vuotta sitten
Makefile f7bd105db3 Updated the stylesheets and Makefile. 20 vuotta sitten
README f067d1ded4 Corrected Makefile at suggestion of Richard Downing - make BASEDIR=/some/path instead of BASEDIR=/some/path make 21 vuotta sitten
TODO 32cc259af0 Reverting previous change - commit now works 21 vuotta sitten
general.ent 307d0a23a3 Upgraded unstable to util-linux-2.12p - added Alexander's patch as adapted from the debian cramfs utilities package 20 vuotta sitten
index.xml 6d3af72bf2 Updated index.xml 20 vuotta sitten
tidy.conf ded6dddb89 Updated the stylesheets to their current version. 21 vuotta sitten

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