Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 14:49:36 -0500 (CDT) From: Jeremy Shaffner <jer@jorsm.com> To: "John S. Dyson" <dyson@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: xnet@sprintmail.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: updating...... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980519144821.27171O-100000@mercury.jorsm.com> In-Reply-To: <199805191906.OAA20854@dyson.iquest.net>
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On Tue, 19 May 1998, John S. Dyson wrote: > Jeremy Shaffner said: > > > > 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. > > > I didn't know that they had pre-built kernels available. You can > download the sources for daily (almost) snapshots from > current.freebsd.org. This is either available for -current or -stable. > (The current.freebsd.org server has a bunch of versions available.) > They don't AFAIK, which is what I was attempting to clarify for Brenda. -===================================================================- 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
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