All programs compiled in this chapter will be installed under $LFS/stage1 to keep them separate from the programs compiled in the next chapter. The programs compiled here are only temporary tools and won't be a part of the final LFS system and by keeping them in a separate directory, we can later easily throw them away. Create the required directory by running the following: mkdir $LFS/stage1 The next step is to create a /stage1 symlink on your host system. It will point to the directory we just created on the LFS partition: ln -s $LFS/stage1 / This symlink enables us to compile our toolchain so that it always refers to /stage1, meaning that the compiler, assembler and linker will work both in this chapter (when we are still rummaging around on the host) and in the next (when we are chrooted to the LFS partition).