Below is a list of all the packages you need to download for building the basic system. The version numbers printed correspond to versions of the software that is known to work and which this book is based on. If you experience problems which you can't solve yourself, download the version that is assumed in this book (in case you download a newer version).
The listed file sizes refer to the sizes of the .tar.gz archives. Sometimes you can find .tar.bz2 archives, but as .tar.gz is still the most widely used format, that size is listed.
Bash (2.04) - 1,668 KB: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/
Binutils (2.10) 7,041 KB: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/binutils/
Bzip2 (1.0.1) 460 KB: http://sourceware.cygnus.com/bzip2/
Diff Utils (2.7) 304 KB: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/diffutils/
File Utils (4.0) 1,143 KB: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/fileutils/
GCC (2.95.2) 12,583 KB: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/
Linux Kernel (2.2.16) 16,705 KB: ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/
Kernel USB patch: http://216.22.163.20/usb-2.3.50-1-for-2.2.14.diff.gz
Glibc (2.1.3) 8,802 KB: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/glibc/
Glibc-crypt (2.1.3) 39 KB: ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/glibc/
Glibc-linuxthreads (2.1.3) 149 KB: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/glibc/
Glibc Patch (2.1.3) - 1 KB: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/download/glibc-2.1.3.patch.gz
Glibc-ctype-patch: ftp://216.22.163.20/glibc-2.1.3-ctype.patch
Grep (2.4.2) 449 KB: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/grep/
Gzip (1.2.4a) 215 KB: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gzip/
Make (3.79.1) 1,006 KB: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/
Sed (3.02) 258 KB: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/sed/
Shell Utils (2.0) 1,214 KB: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/sh-utils/
Tar (1.13) 1,027 KB: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar/
Text Utils (2.0) 1,496 KB: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/textutils/
MAKEDEV (2.5) - 11 KB: ftp://ftp.ihg.uni-duisburg.de/Linux/system
Bison (1.28) 410 KB: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bison/
Mawk (1.3.3) 205 KB: ftp://ftp.whidbey.net/pub/brennan/
Patch (2.5.4) 182 KB: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/patch/
Find Utils (4.1) 287 KB: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/findutils/
Find Utils Patch (4.1) 1 KB: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/download/findutils-4.1.patch.gz
Ncurses (4.2) 1,219 KB: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses/ (newer versions than 4.2 are known not to work on PPC)
Less (358) 225 KB: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/less/
Groff (1.16) 1,393 KB: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/groff/
Man (1.5h1) 174 KB: ftp://ftp.win.tue.nl/pub/linux-local/utils/man/
Perl (5.6.0) 5,316 KB: http://www.perl.com
M4 (1.4) 310 KB: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/
Texinfo (4.0) 1,106 kB ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/
Autoconf (2.13) 433 KB: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/
Automake (1.4) 344 KB: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/
Flex (2.5.4a) 372 KB: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/non-gnu/flex/
File (3.31) 135 KB: ftp://ftp.gw.com/mirrors/pub/unix/file/
Libtool (1.3.5) 526 KB: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libtool/
Bin86 (0.15.1) 138 KB: http://www.cix.co.uk/~mayday/
Gettext (0.10.35) 696 KB: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gettext/
Console-tools (0.2.3) 652 KB: ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/keyboards/
Console-tools (0.2.3) Patch: 4 KB: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/download/console-tools-0.2.3.patch.gz
Console-data (1999.08.29) 534 KB: ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/keyboards/
E2fsprogs (1.19) 935 KB: http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net
Ed (0.2) 181 KB: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ed/
Ld.so (1.9.9) 346 KB: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/download/ld.so-1.9.9.tar.gz
Modutils (2.3.13) 197 KB: ftp://ftp.ocs.com.au/pub/modutils/
Vim-rt (5.7) 1,073 KB: ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/editors/vim/unix/
Vim-src (5.7) 1,202 KB: ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/editors/vim/unix/
Modutils (2.3.13) 197 KB: ftp://ftp.ocs.com.au/pub/modutils/
Procinfo (17) 22 KB: ftp://ftp.cistron.nl/pub/people/svm/
Procps (2.0.7) 191 KB: ftp://people.redhat.com/johnsonm/procps/
Psmisc (19) 21 KB: ftp://lrcftp.epfl.ch/pub/linux/local/psmisc/
Shadow Password Suite (19990827) 706 KB: ftp://ftp.ists.pwr.wroc.pl/pub/linux/shadow/
Sysklogd (1.3.31) 93 KB: ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/daemons/
Sysvinit (2.78) 106 KB: ftp://ftp.cistron.nl/pub/people/miquels/sysvinit/
Util Linux (2.10m) 1,178 KB: ftp://ftp.win.tue.nl/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/
Pmac Utils( (1.1.1): ftp://216.22.163.20/pmac-utils-1.1.1-patched.tar.gz
Man-pages (1.30) 651 KB: ftp://ftp.win.tue.nl/pub/linux/docs/manpages/
Netkit-base (0.17) 55 KB: ftp://ftp.uk.linux.org/pub/linux/Networking/netkit/
Net-tools (1.57) 254 KB: http://www.tazenda.demon.co.uk/phil/net-tools/