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) - 1,708,138 bytes: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/
Binutils (2.10) 7,210,401 bytes: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/binutils/
Bzip2 (1.0.1) 464,991 bytes: http://sourceware.cygnus.com/bzip2/
Diff Utils (2.7) 312,330 bytes: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/diffutils/
File Utils (4.0) 1,181,464 bytes: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/fileutils/
GCC (2.95.2) 12,973,458 bytes: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/
Linux Kernel (2.2.16) 17,261,494 bytes: ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/
Kernel USB patch: 216.22.163.20/usb-2.3.50-1-for-2.2.14.diff.gz
Glibc (2.1.3) 9,106,875 bytes: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/glibc/
Glibc-crypt (2.1.3) 40,930 bytes: ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/glibc/
Glibc-linuxthreads (2.1.3) 154,425 bytes: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/glibc/
Glibc Patch (2.1.3) - 751 bytes: 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) 463,477 bytes: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/grep/
Gzip (1.2.4a) 221,779 bytes: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gzip/
Make (3.79.1) 1,037,173 bytes: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/
Sed (3.02) 265,549 bytes: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/sed/
Shell Utils (2.0) 1,253,022 bytes: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/sh-utils/
Tar (1.13) 1.058,280 bytes: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar/
Text Utils (2.0) 1,547,106 bytes: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/textutils/
MAKEDEV (2.5) - 11,562 bytes: ftp://ftp.ihg.uni-duisburg.de/Linux/system
Ed (0.2) 185,913 bytes: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ed/
Patch (2.5.4) 187,675 bytes: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/patch/
Bison (1.28) 422,864 bytes: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bison/
Mawk (1.3.3) 209,948 bytes: ftp://ftp.whidbey.net/pub/brennan/
Find Utils (4.1) 294,512 bytes: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/findutils/
Find Utils Patch (4.1) 985 bytes: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/download/findutils-4.1.patch.gz
Ncurses (4.2) 1,260,898 bytes: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses/ (newer versions than 4.2 are known not to work on PPC)
Less (358) 231,140 bytes: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/less/
Groff (1.16) 1,427,333 bytes: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/groff/
Man (1.5h1) 179,170 bytes: ftp://ftp.win.tue.nl/pub/linux-local/utils/man/
Perl (5.6.0) 5,491,334 bytes: http://www.perl.com
M4 (1.4) 319,084 bytes: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/m4/
Texinfo (4.0) 1,140,565 bytes: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/
Autoconf (2.13) 445,493 bytes: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/
Automake (1.4) 355,529 bytes: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/automake/
Flex (2.5.4a) 383,228 bytes: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/non-gnu/flex/
File (3.31) 138,549 bytes: ftp://ftp.gw.com/mirrors/pub/unix/file/
Gettext (0.10.35) 718.331 bytes: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gettext/
Libtool (1.3.5) 541,231 bytes: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libtool/
Console-tools (0.2.3) 673,736 bytes: ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/keyboards/
Console-tools (0.2.3) Patch: 4,059 bytes: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/download/console-tools-0.2.3.patch.gz
Console-data (1999.08.29) 560,870 bytes: ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/keyboards/
E2fsprogs (1.18) 835,075 bytes: ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/ext2fs/
Ld.so (1.9.9) 356,800 bytes: ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC/
Bin86 (0.15.1) 142,195 bytes: http://www.cix.co.uk/~mayday/
Shadow Password Suite (19990827) 727,755 bytes: ftp://ftp.ists.pwr.wroc.pl/pub/linux/shadow/
Modutils (2.3.12) 202,061 bytes: ftp://ftp.ocs.com.au/pub/modutils/
Procinfo (17) 22,976 bytes: ftp://ftp.cistron.nl/pub/people/svm/
Procps (2.0.7) 196,993 bytes: ftp://people.redhat.com/johnsonm/procps/
Psmisc (19) 21,681 bytes: ftp://lrcftp.epfl.ch/pub/linux/local/psmisc/
Vim-rt (5.7) 1,103,734 bytes: ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/editors/vim/unix/
Vim-src (5.7) 1,238.878 bytes: ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/editors/vim/unix/
Sysklogd (1.3.31) 96,281 bytes: ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/daemons/
Sysvinit (2.78) 109,524 bytes: ftp://ftp.cistron.nl/pub/people/miquels/sysvinit/
Util Linux (2.10m) 1,207,247 bytes: 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) 667,665 bytes: ftp://ftp.win.tue.nl/pub/linux/docs/manpages/
Netkit-base (0.16) 52,943 bytes: ftp://ftp.uk.linux.org/pub/linux/Networking/netkit/
Net-tools (1.57) 262,342 bytes: http://www.tazenda.demon.co.uk/phil/net-tools/