[Verse 1]
Started with a host system running strong and true
Downloaded all the sources that we're gonna need to use
Seven point four guidebook in our steady hands
Time to build from nothing with a detailed plan
[Chorus]
Linux From Scratch, we're building from the ground
Bootstrap then chroot, that's how systems are found
Toolchain first, then the base, compile it all with care
LFS methodology, freedom everywhere
Bootstrap, chroot, compile, repeat
LFS makes your system complete
[Verse 2]
Chapter five begins the temporary toolchain phase
Cross-compile the binutils in their proper place
GCC comes next with its first pass complete
Building tools to build the tools, the cycle's neat
[Chorus]
Linux From Scratch, we're building from the ground
Bootstrap then chroot, that's how systems are found
Toolchain first, then the base, compile it all with care
LFS methodology, freedom everywhere
Bootstrap, chroot, compile, repeat
LFS makes your system complete
[Verse 3]
Glibc library provides the system calls we need
Then the second GCC pass, letting progress feed
Change root into our new environment so clean
Isolated from the host, a building machine
[Bridge]
Configure, make, make install
Every package standing tall
From the kernel to the shell
Each component built so well
[Verse 4]
Chapter eight brings the final system into view
Kernel compilation with the config that you knew
Bootloader installation, GRUB or what you choose
First boot up and running, you just cannot lose
[Chorus]
Linux From Scratch, we're building from the ground
Bootstrap then chroot, that's how systems are found
Toolchain first, then the base, compile it all with care
LFS methodology, freedom everywhere
Bootstrap, chroot, compile, repeat
LFS makes your system complete
[Outro]
From source code to system
Every byte you can trust
LFS teaches you the way
From the ground up, robust