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LFS Book Conversion Tools Installation Instructions
After downloading the CVS source, there are some things that need to be setup
After downloading the CVS source, there are some things that need to be set up
on your computer if you want to convert the XML source into something easier to
read (e.g. HTML, TXT, PS or PDF). If you are interested in this, then keep
reading. If you are only interested in editing the XML source for re-

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<para>The LFS-Bootscripts package contains SysV init style shell
scripts. These scripts do various tasks such as check filesystem
integrity during boot, load keymaps, setup networks and halt
integrity during boot, load keymaps, set up networks and halt
processes at shutdown.</para>
<para>LFS-bootscripts installs the following:</para>

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<para>(Last checked against version &gzip-contversion;.)</para>
<para>The gzip package contains programs to compress and decompress files
<para>The Gzip package contains programs to compress and decompress files
using the Lempel-Ziv coding (LZ77).</para>
<para>Gzip installs the following:</para>

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<sect2>
<title>Alternatives to Vim</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>emacs, joe and nano</para>
<para><ulink url="&blfs-root;view/cvs/postlfs/editors.html"/></para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>

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&aa-vim-down;
&aa-vim-shortdesc;
&aa-vim-alt;
&aa-vim-desc;
&aa-vim-dep;

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chapter01/acknowledgements.xml
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<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:gerard@linuxfromscratch.org">Gerard
Beekmans</ulink> &lt;gerard@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- LFS Project
Organization/Leadership.</para></listitem>
Beekmans</ulink> &lt;gerard@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- Linux-From-Scratch
initiator, LFS Project organizer.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:matthew@linuxfromscratch.org">Matthew
Burgess</ulink> &lt;matthew@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- LFS General Package
@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ maintainer.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:bruce@linuxfromscratch.org">Bruce
Dubbs</ulink> &lt;bruce@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- LFS Quality Assurance Team
Leader, BLFS Book editor.</para></listitem>
leader, BLFS Book editor.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:alex@linuxfromscratch.org">Alex
Groenewoud</ulink> &lt;alex@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- LFS Book
@ -36,11 +36,11 @@ editor.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:markh@linuxfromscratch.org">Mark
Hymers</ulink> &lt;markh@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- CVS maintainer, BLFS Book
Creator, former LFS Book editor.</para></listitem>
creator, former LFS Book editor.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:iwanek@linuxfromscratch.org">James
Iwanek</ulink> &lt;iwanek@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- System Administration
team member.</para></listitem>
Team member.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:nicholas@linuxfromscratch.org">Nicholas
Leippe</ulink> &lt;nicholas@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- Wiki
@ -52,22 +52,22 @@ creator and maintainer.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:bill@linuxfromscratch.org">Bill
Maltby</ulink> &lt;bill@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- LFS Project
Organization/Leadership.</para></listitem>
organizer.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:scot@linuxfromscratch.org">Scot Mc
Pherson</ulink> &lt;scot@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- LFS NNTP gateway
maintainer.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:ryan@linuxfromscratch.org">Ryan
Oliver</ulink> &lt;ryan@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- Testing Team Leader, co-
creator of PLFS.</para></listitem>
Oliver</ulink> &lt;ryan@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- Testing Team leader,
co-creator of PLFS.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:jwrober@linuxfromscratch.org">James
Robertson</ulink> &lt;jwrober@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- Bugzilla maintainer,
Wiki developer, LFS Book editor.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:greg@linuxfromscratch.org">Greg
Schafer</ulink> &lt;greg@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- Toolchain Maintainer,
Schafer</ulink> &lt;greg@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- Toolchain maintainer,
LFS Book editor, co-creator of PLFS.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:tushar@linuxfromscratch.org">Tushar
@ -165,13 +165,13 @@ Neefs</ulink> -- linuxfromscratch.rave.org mirror.</para></listitem>
Odisho</ulink> &lt;ervin@activalink.net&gt; -- lfs.activalink.net
mirror.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:miha@xuy.biz">Mikhail Pastukhov</ulink>
&lt;miha@xuy.biz&gt; -- lfs.130th.net mirror.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:guido@primerelay.net">Guido Passet</ulink>
&lt;guido@primerelay.net&gt; -- nl.linuxfromscratch.org
mirror.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:miha@xuy.biz">Mikhail Pastukhov</ulink>
&lt;miha@xuy.biz&gt; -- lfs.130th.net mirror.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:jpolen@rackspace.com">Jeremy Polen</ulink>
&lt;jpolen@rackspace.com&gt; -- us2.linuxfromscratch.org
mirror.</para></listitem>
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a VA Linux 420 (former StartX SP2) workstation.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:strider@linux.com">Mark Stone</ulink> for
donating shadowfax, the linuxfromscratch.org server.</para></listitem>
donating <emphasis>shadowfax</emphasis>, the first linuxfromscratch.org
server.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:highos@linuxfromscratch.org">Jesse
Tie-Ten-Quee</ulink> &lt;highos@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; for donating a Yamaha
CDRW 8824E cd writer.</para></listitem>
CDRW 8824E CD-writer.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Countless other people on the various LFS mailinglists who are
making this book happen by giving their suggestions, testing the book and
submitting bug reports.</para></listitem>
making this book happen by giving their suggestions, submitting bug reports,
and throwing in their criticism.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
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Bauscher</ulink> &lt;timothy@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- LFS Book editor, Hints
Project maintainer.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Robert Briggs for originally donating the linuxfromscratch.org
and linuxfromscratch.com domain names.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Robert Briggs for originally donating the
<emphasis>linuxfromscratch.org</emphasis> and
<emphasis>linuxfromscratch.com</emphasis> domain names.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:ian@ichilton.co.uk">Ian Chilton</ulink>
&lt;ian@ichilton.co.uk&gt; for maintaining the Hints project</para></listitem>
&lt;ian@ichilton.co.uk&gt; for maintaining the Hints project.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:gimli@linuxfromscratch.org">Marc
Heerdink</ulink> &lt;gimli@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- LFS Book
@ -268,7 +270,7 @@ editor.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:sklein@linuxfromscratch.org">Seth W.
Klein</ulink> &lt;sklein@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; -- LFS FAQ
Creator.</para></listitem>
creator.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:garrett@linuxart.com">Garrett
LeSage</ulink> &lt;garrett@linuxart.com&gt; -- Original LFS banner
@ -280,11 +282,11 @@ maintainer.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:Geert.Poels@skynet.be">Geert Poels</ulink>
&lt;Geert.Poels@skynet.be&gt; -- Original BLFS banner creator; based on the
original LFS banner by Garrett LeSage.</para></listitem>
LFS banner by Garrett LeSage.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:bkenoah@oswd.org">Frank Skettino</ulink>
&lt;bkenoah@oswd.org&gt; -- Initial design of the old website - <ulink
url="http://www.oswd.org">OSWD</ulink>.</para></listitem>
&lt;bkenoah@oswd.org&gt; for the initial design of the old website -- have a
look at <ulink url="http://www.oswd.org/"/>.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><ulink url="mailto:highos@linuxfromscratch.org">Jesse
Tie-Ten-Quee</ulink> &lt;highos@linuxfromscratch.org&gt; for answering

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to Appendix A. Closes Bug 661.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>September 26th, 2003 [jeremy]: Added new workaround for the
devpts problems</para></listitem>
devpts problems.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>September 24th, 2003 [greg]: Various changes across the board
addressing Bug 675.</para></listitem>
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file: Made mounting devpts the default.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>September 22nd, 2003 [jeremy]: Added net-tools patch to fix
mii-tool compilation</para></listitem>
mii-tool compilation.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>September 22nd, 2003 [jwrober]: Chapter 5 - Updated the Why
Static page to more accurately represent the difference between statically and
@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ rationale notes.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>September 17th, 2003 [jwrober]: Updated the acknowledgements
page to match the website.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>September 17th, 2003 [jeremy]: Upgraded File to 4.04</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>September 17th, 2003 [jeremy]: Upgraded File to 4.04.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>September 17th, 2003 [jeremy]: Chapter 6 - changed 2 of the
occurrences of exec bash --login to include the +h directive. </para></listitem>

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<?dbhtml filename="how.html" dir="chapter01"?>
<para>You are going to build your LFS system by using a previously installed
Linux distribution such as Debian, Mandrake, Red Hat, etc. The existing Linux
system (host) will be used as a starting point, because you will need programs
like a compiler, linker, text editor, and other development tools to build the
new system. Ordinarily, the required tools are available by default if you
selected <quote>development</quote> as one of your installation options when
you installed your Linux distribution.</para>
Linux distribution (such as Debian, Mandrake, Red Hat, or SuSE). This existing
Linux system (the host) will be used as a starting point, because you will need
programs like a compiler, linker and shell to build the new system. Normally
all the required tools are available if you selected <quote>development</quote>
as one of the options when you installed your distribution.</para>
<para>After you have downloaded the packages that make up an LFS system, you
will create a new Linux native partition and filesystem. This new Linux
partition and filesystem is where your new LFS system will be compiled and
installed onto.</para>
<para>In Chapter 3 you will first create a new Linux native partition and
filesystem, the place where your new LFS system will be compiled and installed.
Then in Chapter 4 you download all the packages and patches required to build
an LFS system, and store them on the new filesystem.</para>
<para>Chapter 5 will then discuss the installation of a number of packages that
will form the basic development suite (or tool-set) which is used to build the
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using the computer as you normally would.</para>
<para>When all the software from Chapter 6 is installed, the temporary tools
built in Chapter 5 will be removed. Chapters 7, 8 and 9 will finalize the
installation. The bootscripts are setup in Chapter 7, the kernel and boot
loader are setup in Chapter 8 and Chapter 9 has some pointers to help you after
you finish with the book. Then, finally, you reboot your computer into your
new LFS system.</para>
built in Chapter 5 are removed. In Chapters 7, 8 and 9 the installation will
then be finalized. The bootscripts are set up in Chapter 7, the kernel and
bootloader are set up in Chapter 8, and Chapter 9 has some pointers to help
you after you finish the book. Then, finally, you're ready to reboot your
computer into your new LFS system.</para>
<para>This is the process in a nutshell. Detailed information on the steps you
will take are discussed in the chapters and package descriptions as you

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<para>Many packages provide a test suite which, depending on the importance
of the package, we may encourage you to run. Sometimes packages will
generate false or expected failures. If you encounter these, you can check
the LFS Wiki page at <ulink url="http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org"/> to see
the LFS Wiki page at <ulink url="http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/"/> to see
whether we have already investigated and noted them. If we already know
about them, then usually there is no need to be concerned.</para>

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been worked around yet.</para>
<para>All the URLs, when possible, refer to the project's page at
<ulink url="http://www.freshmeat.net">Freshmeat.net</ulink>. The Freshmeat
<ulink url="http://www.freshmeat.net"/>. The Freshmeat
pages will give you easy access to the official download sites as well as
project websites, mailinglists, FAQs, Changelogs and more.</para>

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<chapter id="chapter05">
<title>Preparing the LFS system</title>
<title>Constructing a temporary system</title>
<?dbhtml filename="chapter05.html" dir="chapter05"?>
&c5-introduction;

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<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><userinput>RUN_EXPENSIVE_TESTS=yes</userinput>: This tells the
test suite to run several additional tests that are considered relatively
expensive on some platforms. Hovever, they are generally not a problem on
expensive on some platforms. However, they are generally not a problem on
Linux.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>

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<para>Your host distribution is not set up for proper PTY operation. In this
case there is no point in running the test suites for GCC and Binutils until you
are able to resolve the issue. You can consult the LFS Wiki at
<ulink url="http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org"/> for more information on how to
<ulink url="http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/"/> for more information on how to
get PTYs working.</para>
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<para>During the installation of most packages you will
see all kinds of compiler warnings scroll by on your screen. These are
normal and can be safely ignored. They are just what they say they are:
warnings -- mostly about improper, but not illegal, use of the C or C++
warnings -- mostly about deprecated, but not invalid, use of the C or C++
syntax. It's just that C standards have changed rather often and some
packages still use the older standard, which is not really a problem.</para>

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</itemizedlist>
<para>Sometimes, package test suites will give false failures. You can
consult the LFS Wiki at <ulink url="http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org"/>
consult the LFS Wiki at <ulink url="http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/"/>
to verify that these failures are normal. This applies to all tests
throughout the book.</para>

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<screen>Estimated build time: &vim-time;
Estimated required disk space: &vim-compsize;</screen>
<sect2>
<title>Alternatives to Vim</title>
<para>If you prefer another editor -- like Emacs, Joe, or Nano -- to Vim,
have a look at <ulink url="&blfs-root;view/cvs/postlfs/editors.html"/> for
suggested installation instructions.</para>
</sect2>
&aa-vim-shortdesc;
&aa-vim-alt;
&aa-vim-dep;
&c6-vim-inst;
&c6-cf-vim;