We thank the following people and organizations for their contributions toward the Linux From Scratch project: Mark Stone <mstone@linux.com> for donating the linuxfromscratch.org server. VA Linux Systems for providing rackspace and bandwidth for the linuxfromscratch.org server. Fredrik Danerklint for running the se.linuxfromscratch.org mirror. Tim Jackson <tim@idge.net> for running the linuxfromscratch.idge.net mirror. Hagen Herrschaft <hrx@hrxnet.de> for running the de.linuxfromscratch.org mirrors, and for his donation of a P4-2.2GHz system to the LFS project. UK Mirror Service for running the linuxfromscratch.mirror.ac.uk mirror. Guido Passet <guido@primerelay.net> for running the www.nl.linuxfromscratch.org and ftp.snt.utwente.nl mirrors. Timothy Bauscher <timothy@linuxfromscratch.org> for being more than a great help in editing this book. Mark Hymers <markh@linuxfromscratch.org> for being more than a great help in editing this book. Marc Heerdink <marc_heerdink@softhome.net> for also being a great help in editing this book. DREAMWVR.COM for their ongoing sponsorship by donating various resources to the LFS and related sub projects. Jan Niemann <jan.niemann@tu.bs.de> for running the www.de.linuxfromscratch.org mirror. Torsten Westermann <westermann@linux-provider.net> for running the lfs.linux-provider.net mirror. Ian Chilton <ian@ichilton.co.uk> for running the www.us.linuxfromscratch.org and www.linuxfromscratch.co.uk mirrors. Dag Stenstad <dag@stenstad.net> for providing the www.no.linuxfromscratch.org mirror, and Ian Chilton <ian@ichilton.co.uk> for running it. Antonin Sprinzl <Antonin.Sprinzl@tuwien.ac.at> for running the www.at.linuxfromscratch.org mirror. Jason Andrade <jason@dstc.edu.au> for running the www.au.linuxfromscratch.org mirror. Ian Cooper <ian@wpi.edu> for running the www.us2.linuxfromscratch.org mirror. VA Linux Systems who, on behalf of Linux.com, donated a VA Linux 420 (former StartX SP2) workstation towards this project. Johan Lenglet <johan@linuxfromscratch.org> for leading the French LFS translation project. Jesse Tie-Ten-Quee <highos@linuxfromscratch.org> for donating a Yamaha CDRW 8824E cd writer. O'Reilly for donating books on SQL and PHP. Robert Briggs for donating the linuxfromscratch.org and linuxfromscratch.com domain names. Frank Skettino <bkenoah@oswd.org> at OSWD for coming up with the initial design of the LFS website. Garrett LeSage <garrett@linux.com> for creating the LFS banner. Dean Benson <dean@vipersoft.co.uk> for helping out financially with setting up the LFS non-profit organization. Countless other people on the various LFS mailinglists who are making this book happen by giving their suggestions, testing the book and submitting bug reports.