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/

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chapter02 4f7457758a Shortened some title pages. 21 lat temu
chapter03 d76fe24820 Update util-linux patch 21 lat temu
chapter04 1fd5d19b67 Add user lfs to group lfs (fixes bug #856) 21 lat temu
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chapter06 3827b0493e Upgraded to Hotplug-2004_09_23 21 lat temu
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chapter08 4abce96c4b * Removed the note regarding the --no-mem-option which is no longer required 21 lat temu
chapter09 9dfc02ff38 Current BE-LFS (but w/ GCC 3.3.3) merged -> 6.0 branch 21 lat temu
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prologue 466658dca4 Added a para about replaceable text. 21 lat temu
stylesheets 3879ebc975 In XHTML output, readded the XML declaration 21 lat temu
INSTALL a942c0a271 Use a configurable XSLROOTDIR to point to the DocBook XSL stylesheets 21 lat temu
Makefile 9dda951428 Fixed a typo in the Makefile. 21 lat temu
README f067d1ded4 Corrected Makefile at suggestion of Richard Downing - make BASEDIR=/some/path instead of BASEDIR=/some/path make 21 lat temu
TODO 32cc259af0 Reverting previous change - commit now works 21 lat temu
general.ent 3827b0493e Upgraded to Hotplug-2004_09_23 21 lat temu
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index-pdf.xml 8aa0f3a03d Renamed index-print.xml to index-pdf.xml and updated the Makefile. 21 lat temu
index.xml 9dfc02ff38 Current BE-LFS (but w/ GCC 3.3.3) merged -> 6.0 branch 21 lat temu
tidy.conf ded6dddb89 Updated the stylesheets to their current version. 21 lat temu

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