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 f23c8b9847 Minor entity changes to make the XML more in sync. Patch courtesy of Boris Buegling (NeoCool on IRC) %!s(int64=20) %!d(string=hai) anos
chapter01 f23c8b9847 Minor entity changes to make the XML more in sync. Patch courtesy of Boris Buegling (NeoCool on IRC) %!s(int64=20) %!d(string=hai) anos
chapter02 4f7457758a Shortened some title pages. %!s(int64=21) %!d(string=hai) anos
chapter03 f23c8b9847 Minor entity changes to make the XML more in sync. Patch courtesy of Boris Buegling (NeoCool on IRC) %!s(int64=20) %!d(string=hai) anos
chapter04 1fd5d19b67 Add user lfs to group lfs (fixes bug #856) %!s(int64=21) %!d(string=hai) anos
chapter05 26c3109c0d Corrected the patch name for the gcc 3.4.3 specs patch %!s(int64=21) %!d(string=hai) anos
chapter06 f23c8b9847 Minor entity changes to make the XML more in sync. Patch courtesy of Boris Buegling (NeoCool on IRC) %!s(int64=20) %!d(string=hai) anos
chapter07 f23c8b9847 Minor entity changes to make the XML more in sync. Patch courtesy of Boris Buegling (NeoCool on IRC) %!s(int64=20) %!d(string=hai) anos
chapter08 205af120bc Made Grub's configuration location FHS compliant %!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 466658dca4 Added a para about replaceable text. %!s(int64=21) %!d(string=hai) anos
stylesheets 5507127b16 * Provide better instructions for installing the tools necessary for generating %!s(int64=21) %!d(string=hai) anos
INSTALL 5507127b16 * Provide better instructions for installing the tools necessary for generating %!s(int64=21) %!d(string=hai) anos
Makefile 12043d221f Removed the TIDY variable %!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 32cc259af0 Reverting previous change - commit now works %!s(int64=21) %!d(string=hai) anos
general.ent f23c8b9847 Minor entity changes to make the XML more in sync. Patch courtesy of Boris Buegling (NeoCool on IRC) %!s(int64=20) %!d(string=hai) anos
goTidy ded6dddb89 Updated the stylesheets to their current version. %!s(int64=21) %!d(string=hai) anos
index-pdf.xml 8aa0f3a03d Renamed index-print.xml to index-pdf.xml and updated the Makefile. %!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