Linux From Scratch HOWTO Linux From Scratch HOWTO Table of Contents Linux From Scratch HOWTO...........................................................................................................................1 Gerard Beekmans ....................................................................................................................................1 1.Introduction...........................................................................................................................................1 2.Software packages you need to download............................................................................................1 3.Preparing a new partition......................................................................................................................1 4.Installing Sysvinit.................................................................................................................................1 5.Installing a kernel..................................................................................................................................2 6.Installing the GNU C Library...............................................................................................................2 7.Installing the GNU CC compilers.........................................................................................................2 8.Installing login utilities.........................................................................................................................2 9.Installing Vim.......................................................................................................................................2 10.Creating initial boot scripts.................................................................................................................2 11.Reinstalling statically linked software................................................................................................3 12.Installing the rest of the basic system software..................................................................................3 13.Setting up basic networking................................................................................................................4 14.Setting up Email sub system...............................................................................................................4 15.Installing Internet Servers...................................................................................................................4 16.Installing X Window System..............................................................................................................4 17.Installing Window Maker...................................................................................................................5 18.Configuring system for Internet..........................................................................................................5 19.Copyright & Licensing Information...................................................................................................5 1. Introduction..........................................................................................................................................5 1.1 What's this all about?.........................................................................................................................5 1.2 New versions......................................................................................................................................6 1.3 Version history...................................................................................................................................6 1.4 TODO................................................................................................................................................6 1.5 Contact info........................................................................................................................................7 10. Creating initial boot scripts................................................................................................................7 10.1 Preparing the directories and master files........................................................................................7 10.2 Creating the reboot script.................................................................................................................8 10.3 Creating the halt script.....................................................................................................................8 10.4 Creating the mountfs script..............................................................................................................8 10.5 Creating the umountfs script............................................................................................................9 10.6 Creating the sendsignals script.........................................................................................................9 10.7 Set file permissions and create symlinks.......................................................................................10 10.8 Creating the /etc/fstab file..............................................................................................................10 10.9 Testing the system.........................................................................................................................10 11. Reinstalling statically linked software.............................................................................................11 11.1 Installing the Termcap library........................................................................................................11 11.2 Installing the Readline library........................................................................................................11 11.3 Reinstalling Bash...........................................................................................................................11 11.4 Reinstalling Sysvinit......................................................................................................................12 11.5 Reinstalling Make..........................................................................................................................12 11.6 Reinstalling Sed.............................................................................................................................12 11.7 Reinstalling Shell Utils..................................................................................................................12 11.8 Reinstalling File Utils....................................................................................................................13 11.9 Reinstalling + Installing Util Linux...............................................................................................13 i Linux From Scratch HOWTO Table of Contents 11.10 Reinstalling Text Utils.................................................................................................................14 11.11 Reinstalling Tar............................................................................................................................14 11.12 Reinstalling Gzip.........................................................................................................................14 11.13 Reinstalling Bison........................................................................................................................15 11.14 Installing Flex..............................................................................................................................15 11.15 Reinstalling Binutils....................................................................................................................15 11.16 Reinstalling Grep.........................................................................................................................15 11.17 Reinstalling Mawk.......................................................................................................................15 11.18 Reinstalling Find Utils.................................................................................................................16 11.19 Reinstalling Diff Utils..................................................................................................................16 11.20 Installing Less..............................................................................................................................16 11.21 Reinstalling Perl...........................................................................................................................17 11.22 Reinstalling M4............................................................................................................................17 11.23 Reinstalling Texinfo....................................................................................................................17 12. Installing the rest of the basic system software...............................................................................17 12.1 Installing E2fsprogs.......................................................................................................................17 Installing E2fsprogs .................................................................................................................18 Creating the checkroot bootscript ............................................................................................18 Updating /etc/init.d/umountfs ..................................................................................................19