From owner-freebsd-questions Tue May 19 09:20:18 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA18141 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 19 May 1998 09:20:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mercury.jorsm.com (mercury.jorsm.com [207.112.128.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA18081 for ; Tue, 19 May 1998 09:20:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jer@jorsm.com) Received: from localhost (jer@localhost) by mercury.jorsm.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id LAA03811; Tue, 19 May 1998 11:20:01 -0500 (CDT) Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 11:20:00 -0500 (CDT) From: Jeremy Shaffner To: "John S. Dyson" cc: brenda lambiris , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: updating...... In-Reply-To: <199805190702.CAA00890@dyson.iquest.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 19 May 1998, John S. Dyson wrote: > > since FreeBSD isnt like linux, but it kind of is, to update the kernel, > > could you just download it straight from kernel.org like you would on a > > linux machine, or will you have to download a special kernel from > > Freebsd.org? thanks. > > > > > Actually, you download a kernel straight from freebsd.org, rather than > downloading a special kernel from kernel.org. :-). > > John > Just wanted to clarify for Brenda's sake: FreeBSD includes full source code on everything. You can modify the the kernel source as you see fit, and compile it and install it. Or you can keep current by downloading the source from freebsd.org as Julian said and do the same. You don't just download a a kernel (the binary file) and install it. -===================================================================- Jeremy Shaffner JORSM Internet Senior Technical Support Northwest Indiana's Premium jer@jorsm.com Internet Service Provider support@jorsm.com http://www.jorsm.com -===================================================================- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message