Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 06:11:42 -0800 (PST) From: bmk@dtr.com To: alexandr@louie.udel.edu (Jerry Alexandratos) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Lotsa Questions Message-ID: <199511141411.GAA11475@dtr.com> In-Reply-To: <9511140406.aa04129@stimpy.eecis.udel.edu> from "Jerry Alexandratos" at Nov 13, 95 11:06:59 pm
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> Well, where to begin. I got the 2.1.0-snap installed. Thanks for > everyone's help on the lnc0 card. It turns out that something just > isn't working right with either my Cabletron NE2100 compatible, the > kernel support for that card, or both! > So, I went out and got myself a NE2000. Problems solved. 8) > There are a few other things that I want to do now. First, I want to > recompile my kernel. Unfortunately, I forgot to have the ftp > installation install the source files. I haven't yet mastered sup, and > I would rather worry about learning it after I build my kernel. Where > can I find the source code for the kernel. Is there an archive with it > that I can just untar and work from? ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.0-951104-SNAP/src/ssys.* Once you have all of the files ftp'd, you can install them with: cd /usr cat $PATH_TO_SSYS_FILES/ssys.* | tar xfzpv - > Where is getty located? I swear for the life of me, I can't find it. /usr/libexec > Finally, I want to modify my console a bit. Is there anyway to put the > console into 80x50 line mode as oppossed to the default 80x25. In a > similar vein, is there a utility that will allow me change the colors > on the console? I think what I'm looking for is FreeBSD's equivilent > of Linux's 'setterm' command. Does such a beast exist? Since your using the standard console, use vidcontrol.
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