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 a0bf931f7e Fixed the list of installed programs for module-init-tools, and tag fix. Ported from trunk r649 and r6050. %!s(int64=20) %!d(string=hai) anos
appendixa 68bcfc7d7c Rendering Acronymlist as table. %!s(int64=20) %!d(string=hai) anos
appendixb c864f29061 Updated the lfs-es mirror URL. %!s(int64=20) %!d(string=hai) anos
chapter01 497b047484 Fixed bug 1569. Ported from trunk r6044 and r6045. %!s(int64=20) %!d(string=hai) anos
chapter02 afbe6d98ba Merge r5317 and 5318 (wording and tagging corrections) to the testing branch %!s(int64=20) %!d(string=hai) anos
chapter03 127b386634 * Updated to linux-2.6.11.12 %!s(int64=20) %!d(string=hai) anos
chapter04 b750f7c235 PDF fixes in chapter04 %!s(int64=20) %!d(string=hai) anos
chapter05 373a708441 Several minor grammatical fixes. (merged from trunk r6011) %!s(int64=20) %!d(string=hai) anos
chapter06 a0bf931f7e Fixed the list of installed programs for module-init-tools, and tag fix. Ported from trunk r649 and r6050. %!s(int64=20) %!d(string=hai) anos
chapter07 c66cbd7898 More chapter 7 typo and markup fixes (merged from trunk r6026 %!s(int64=20) %!d(string=hai) anos
chapter08 497b047484 Fixed bug 1569. Ported from trunk r6044 and r6045. %!s(int64=20) %!d(string=hai) anos
chapter09 5d7361aed0 Reference package names as proper nouns (Randy McMurchy). Merged from trunk r6031. %!s(int64=20) %!d(string=hai) anos
prologue e7e97e84db Merged r4316 from trunk: Minor wording improvements. %!s(int64=20) %!d(string=hai) anos
stylesheets 4bddca7cf4 Fixed headers line height. Ported from trunk r6018 %!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 1eb75cf60f Activated the pdf Makefile target for testing and stable releases. %!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 497b047484 Fixed bug 1569. Ported from trunk r6044 and r6045. %!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 ded6dddb89 Updated the stylesheets to their current version. %!s(int64=21) %!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