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/

Alexander E. Patrakov b3aee6ea72 Corrected console settings for British users %!s(int64=21) %!d(string=hai) anos
chapter01 b3aee6ea72 Corrected console settings for British users %!s(int64=21) %!d(string=hai) anos
chapter02 55851d6ef3 Tagging corrections in chapters 1 to 4. %!s(int64=21) %!d(string=hai) anos
chapter03 0fa92755df Dropped GRUB hack in favor of the real upstream fix %!s(int64=21) %!d(string=hai) anos
chapter04 b470bcee83 Fixed an internal link. %!s(int64=21) %!d(string=hai) anos
chapter05 1582636bcd Upgraded to Udev 026 %!s(int64=21) %!d(string=hai) anos
chapter06 3e05705a09 Re-added the "background" option to /etc/vimrc %!s(int64=21) %!d(string=hai) anos
chapter07 b3aee6ea72 Corrected console settings for British users %!s(int64=21) %!d(string=hai) anos
chapter08 a56c4bb4ed Several kernel-related textual changes %!s(int64=21) %!d(string=hai) anos
chapter09 9dfc02ff38 Current BE-LFS (but w/ GCC 3.3.3) merged -> 6.0 branch %!s(int64=21) %!d(string=hai) anos
contrib 287ea55da7 * Merged newxml into HEAD %!s(int64=21) %!d(string=hai) anos
prologue 1d6c0297ae Added acknowledgement for our German translator %!s(int64=21) %!d(string=hai) anos
stylesheets 67c9eebe54 Adapted patcheslist.xsl to the new naming of patches. %!s(int64=21) %!d(string=hai) anos
INSTALL 991eda75be * Updated URL to point to correct location in BLFS %!s(int64=21) %!d(string=hai) anos
Makefile b711e1d621 Added a CSS to can print the HTMLs. %!s(int64=21) %!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
TODO 456a1d928d Added sysvinit-2.85-proclen-1.patch to the book %!s(int64=21) %!d(string=hai) anos
general.ent 3e05705a09 Re-added the "background" option to /etc/vimrc %!s(int64=21) %!d(string=hai) anos
goTidy ded6dddb89 Updated the stylesheets to their current version. %!s(int64=21) %!d(string=hai) anos
index.xml 9dfc02ff38 Current BE-LFS (but w/ GCC 3.3.3) merged -> 6.0 branch %!s(int64=21) %!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