いきなりエラー

lfs@colinux:/mnt/lfs/sources/binutils-build$ ../binutils-2.14/configure --prefix=/tools --disable-nls
creating cache ./config.cache
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1
checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1
/usr/bin/ld: cannot open crt1.o: No such file or directory
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
 *** The command 'gcc -o conftest -g -O2   conftest.c' failed.
 *** You must set the environment variable CC to a working compiler.

むむ…
crt1.o が無いとの事。
libc-dev を入れてないからっぽい。
というか↓を読めって感じですね、はい。
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What distribution should I use to start from?

Any recent distribution should be fine. If you have problems, try installing and/or updating the development packages. (Look for ones starting in "gcc", "glibc", or "libstdc++" or ending in "-dev".). If you want to make use LFS as your main system and you wish to install it without first installing a distribution, try Knoppix or an LFS boot cd.