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Subject: Re: after downloading freebsd-stable
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From: Dave Marquardt <marquard@zilker.net>
Date: 07 Jan 1998 08:28:12 -0600
In-Reply-To: Francis Vidal's message of Tue, 6 Jan 1998 21:25:50 +0800 (PHT)
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Francis Vidal <francis@cody.usls.edu> writes:
> finished downloading freebsd-stable (RELENG_2_2). it created another
> directory in /usr/src 'lkm' <-- what's this for? what do i do afterwards?
> thanks!

lkm contains Loadable Kernel Modules.

As for what to do, there's a nice tutorial on upgrading from source
hanging off www.freebsd.org.  Go to Support or Documentation and find
the tutorials -- you'll see it.

-Dave