Linux From Scratch

Table of Contents

• Preface

  • Foreword
  • Audience
  • Prerequisites
  • Host System Requirements
  • Typography
  • Structure
  • Errata

• I. Introduction

  • 1. Introduction

    • How to Build an LFS System
    • What's new since the last release
    • Changelog
    • Resources
    • Help

• II. Preparing for the Build

  • 2. Preparing a New Partition

    • Introduction
    • Creating a New Partition
    • Creating a File System on the Partition
    • Mounting the New Partition

  • 3. Packages and Patches

    • Introduction
    • All Packages
    • Needed Patches

  • 4. Final Preparations

    • About $LFS
    • Creating the $LFS/tools Directory
    • Adding the LFS User
    • Setting Up the Environment
    • About SBUs
    • About the Test Suites

  • 5. Constructing a Temporary System

    • Introduction
    • Toolchain Technical Notes
    • Binutils-2.16.1 - Pass 1
    • GCC-4.0.3 - Pass 1
    • Linux-Libc-Headers-2.6.12.0
    • Glibc-2.3.6
    • Adjusting the Toolchain
    • Tcl-8.4.13
    • Expect-5.43.0
    • DejaGNU-1.4.4
    • GCC-4.0.3 - Pass 2
    • Binutils-2.16.1 - Pass 2
    • Ncurses-5.5
    • Bash-3.1
    • Bzip2-1.0.3
    • Coreutils-5.96
    • Diffutils-2.8.1
    • Findutils-4.2.27
    • Gawk-3.1.5
    • Gettext-0.14.5
    • Grep-2.5.1a
    • Gzip-1.3.5
    • M4-1.4.4
    • Make-3.80
    • Patch-2.5.4
    • Perl-5.8.8
    • Sed-4.1.5
    • Tar-1.15.1
    • Texinfo-4.8
    • Util-linux-2.12r
    • Stripping
    • Changing Ownership

• III. Building the LFS System

  • 6. Installing Basic System Software

    • Introduction
    • Preparing Virtual Kernel File Systems
    • Package Management
    • Entering the Chroot Environment
    • Creating Directories
    • Creating Essential Files and Symlinks
    • Linux-Libc-Headers-2.6.12.0
    • Man-pages-2.34
    • Glibc-2.3.6
    • Re-adjusting the Toolchain
    • Binutils-2.16.1
    • GCC-4.0.3
    • Berkeley DB-4.4.20
    • Coreutils-5.96
    • Iana-Etc-2.10
    • M4-1.4.4
    • Bison-2.2
    • Ncurses-5.5
    • Procps-3.2.6
    • Sed-4.1.5
    • Libtool-1.5.22
    • Perl-5.8.8
    • Readline-5.1
    • Zlib-1.2.3
    • Autoconf-2.59
    • Automake-1.9.6
    • Bash-3.1
    • Bzip2-1.0.3
    • Diffutils-2.8.1
    • E2fsprogs-1.39
    • File-4.17
    • Findutils-4.2.27
    • Flex-2.5.33
    • GRUB-0.97
    • Gawk-3.1.5
    • Gettext-0.14.5
    • Grep-2.5.1a
    • Groff-1.18.1.1
    • Gzip-1.3.5
    • Inetutils-1.4.2
    • IPRoute2-2.6.16-060323
    • Kbd-1.12
    • Less-394
    • Make-3.80
    • Man-DB-2.4.3
    • Mktemp-1.5
    • Module-Init-Tools-3.2.2
    • Patch-2.5.4
    • Psmisc-22.2
    • Shadow-4.0.15
    • Sysklogd-1.4.1
    • Sysvinit-2.86
    • Tar-1.15.1
    • Texinfo-4.8
    • Udev-096
    • Util-linux-2.12r
    • Vim-7.0
    • About Debugging Symbols
    • Stripping Again
    • Cleaning Up

  • 7. Setting Up System Bootscripts

    • Introduction
    • LFS-Bootscripts-6.2
    • How Do These Bootscripts Work?
    • Device and Module Handling on an LFS System
    • Configuring the setclock Script
    • Configuring the Linux Console
    • Configuring the sysklogd script
    • Creating the /etc/inputrc File
    • The Bash Shell Startup Files
    • Configuring the localnet Script
    • Customizing the /etc/hosts File
    • Creating custom symlinks to devices
    • Configuring the network Script

  • 8. Making the LFS System Bootable

    • Introduction
    • Creating the /etc/fstab File
    • Linux-2.6.16.27
    • Making the LFS System Bootable

  • 9. The End

    • The End
    • Get Counted
    • Rebooting the System
    • What Now?

• IV. Appendices

  • A. Acronyms and Terms
  • B. Acknowledgments
  • C. Dependencies

• Index