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-2.18 - Pass 1
    • M4-1.4.11
    • GCC-4.3.2 - Pass 1
    • Linux-2.6.26.5 API Headers
    • Glibc-2.8-20080929
    • Adjusting the Toolchain
    • Tcl-8.5.4
    • Expect-5.43.0
    • DejaGNU-1.4.4
    • GCC-4.3.2 - Pass 2
    • Binutils-2.18 - Pass 2
    • Ncurses-5.6
    • Bash-3.2
    • Bzip2-1.0.5
    • Coreutils-6.12
    • Diffutils-2.8.1
    • E2fsprogs-1.41.2
    • Findutils-4.4.0
    • Gawk-3.1.6
    • Gettext-0.17
    • Grep-2.5.3
    • Gzip-1.3.12
    • Make-3.81
    • Patch-2.5.4
    • Perl-5.10.0
    • Sed-4.1.5
    • Tar-1.20
    • Texinfo-4.13
    • Util-linux-ng-2.14.1
    • 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-2.6.26.5 API Headers
    • Man-pages-3.11
    • Glibc-2.8-20080929
    • Re-adjusting the Toolchain
    • Binutils-2.18
    • GMP-4.2.4
    • MPFR-2.3.2
    • GCC-4.3.2
    • Berkeley DB-4.7.25
    • Sed-4.1.5
    • E2fsprogs-1.41.2
    • Coreutils-6.12
    • Iana-Etc-2.30
    • Bison-2.3
    • Ncurses-5.6
    • Procps-3.2.7
    • Libtool-2.2.6a
    • Zlib-1.2.3
    • Perl-5.10.0
    • Readline-5.2
    • Autoconf-2.63
    • Automake-1.10.1
    • Bash-3.2
    • Bzip2-1.0.5
    • Diffutils-2.8.1
    • File-4.26
    • Findutils-4.4.0
    • Flex-2.5.35
    • GRUB-0.97
    • Gawk-3.1.6
    • Gettext-0.17
    • Grep-2.5.3
    • Groff-1.18.1.4
    • Gzip-1.3.12
    • Inetutils-1.5
    • IPRoute2-2.6.26
    • Kbd-1.14.1
    • Less-418
    • M4-1.4.11
    • Make-3.81
    • Man-DB-2.5.2
    • Module-Init-Tools-3.4.1
    • Patch-2.5.4
    • Psmisc-22.6
    • Shadow-4.1.2.1
    • Sysklogd-1.5
    • Sysvinit-2.86
    • Tar-1.20
    • Texinfo-4.13
    • Udev-130
    • Util-linux-ng-2.14.1
    • Vim-7.2
    • About Debugging Symbols
    • Stripping Again
    • Cleaning Up

  • 7. Setting Up System Bootscripts

    • Introduction
    • LFS-Bootscripts-20080522
    • 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-2.6.26.5
    • 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
  • D. Boot and sysconfig scripts version-20080522
    • /etc/rc.d/init.d/rc
    • /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
    • /etc/rc.d/init.d/mountkernfs
    • /etc/rc.d/init.d/consolelog
    • /etc/rc.d/init.d/modules
    • /etc/rc.d/init.d/udev
    • /etc/rc.d/init.d/swap
    • /etc/rc.d/init.d/setclock
    • /etc/rc.d/init.d/checkfs
    • /etc/rc.d/init.d/mountfs
    • /etc/rc.d/init.d/udev_retry
    • /etc/rc.d/init.d/cleanfs
    • /etc/rc.d/init.d/console
    • /etc/rc.d/init.d/localnet
    • /etc/rc.d/init.d/sysctl
    • /etc/rc.d/init.d/sysklogd
    • /etc/rc.d/init.d/network
    • /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendsignals
    • /etc/rc.d/init.d/reboot
    • /etc/rc.d/init.d/halt
    • /etc/rc.d/init.d/template
    • /etc/sysconfig/rc
    • /etc/sysconfig/modules
    • /etc/sysconfig/createfiles
    • /etc/sysconfig/network-devices/ifup
    • /etc/sysconfig/network-devices/ifdown
    • /etc/sysconfig/network-devices/services/ipv4-static
    • /etc/sysconfig/network-devices/services/ipv4-static-route
  • E. Udev configuration rules
    • 55-lfs.rules
    • 61-cdrom.rules
  • F. LFS Licenses
    • Creative Commons License
    • The MIT License

• Index