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/

Zack Winkles b9e738a5fb Default to /bin/true as the hotplug manager. Leave it up to userspace to tell 21 éve
chapter01 b9e738a5fb Default to /bin/true as the hotplug manager. Leave it up to userspace to tell 21 éve
chapter02 55851d6ef3 Tagging corrections in chapters 1 to 4. 21 éve
chapter03 eb443a3b8d Upgraded to GRUB 0.95 21 éve
chapter04 b470bcee83 Fixed an internal link. 21 éve
chapter05 9c5c7c9a84 Fixed a couple of typos (Randy McMurchy) 21 éve
chapter06 eb443a3b8d Upgraded to GRUB 0.95 21 éve
chapter07 b3aee6ea72 Corrected console settings for British users 21 éve
chapter08 b9e738a5fb Default to /bin/true as the hotplug manager. Leave it up to userspace to tell 21 éve
chapter09 9dfc02ff38 Current BE-LFS (but w/ GCC 3.3.3) merged -> 6.0 branch 21 éve
contrib 287ea55da7 * Merged newxml into HEAD 21 éve
prologue 1d6c0297ae Added acknowledgement for our German translator 21 éve
stylesheets 67c9eebe54 Adapted patcheslist.xsl to the new naming of patches. 21 éve
INSTALL 991eda75be * Updated URL to point to correct location in BLFS 21 éve
Makefile b711e1d621 Added a CSS to can print the HTMLs. 21 éve
README f067d1ded4 Corrected Makefile at suggestion of Richard Downing - make BASEDIR=/some/path instead of BASEDIR=/some/path make 21 éve
TODO 456a1d928d Added sysvinit-2.85-proclen-1.patch to the book 21 éve
general.ent b9e738a5fb Default to /bin/true as the hotplug manager. Leave it up to userspace to tell 21 éve
goTidy ded6dddb89 Updated the stylesheets to their current version. 21 éve
index.xml 9dfc02ff38 Current BE-LFS (but w/ GCC 3.3.3) merged -> 6.0 branch 21 éve
tidy.conf ded6dddb89 Updated the stylesheets to their current version. 21 éve

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