Linux From Scratch - Version 4.0

We are going to build the LFS system by using a previously installed Linux distribution such as Debian, SuSE, Slackware, Mandrake, RedHat, etc. We will use the existing Linux system as the development platform, because we need tools like a compiler, linker, text editor, and other development tools to build our system. Ordinarily, the required tools are available by default if we selected "development" as one of our installation options when we installed a Linux distribution. After you have downloaded the packages that make up an LFS system, we will create a new Linux native partition and filesystem. Here is where the LFS system will be compiled and installed. [via]

http://www.usinglinux.org/docu/guides/lfs.pdf...