From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 14 12:38:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA20917 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 14 Jan 1998 12:38:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from proxyb2.san.rr.com ([204.210.0.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA20762 for ; Wed, 14 Jan 1998 12:37:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Studded@dal.net) Received: from dal.net (dt051n19.san.rr.com [204.210.32.25]) by proxyb2.san.rr.com (8.8.7/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA14574; Wed, 14 Jan 1998 12:36:45 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <34BD21DC.126F9D60@dal.net> Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 12:36:44 -0800 From: Studded Organization: DALnet IRC Network X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.5-0112-STABLE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Karl Pielorz CC: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Need to install Kernel source on old 2.1.0 Machine References: <34BC81BA.A801663C@tdx.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Karl Pielorz wrote: > > Can anyone tell me how I can install the kernel sources on an ageing 2.1.0 > FreeBSD system? I'm not even sure you could find the kernel sources for 2.1.0 publically available. Your best bet would be to use 2.1.7.1. Go to the src directory under that release on ftp.freebsd.org and d/l all of the ssys.* files and install.sh into their own directory. Then do /bin/sh install.sh sys > I know the system should probably be upgraded to 2.2.5 etc. - but it's about a > hundred miles away... ;-) Two of the systems that I maintain are 600 miles away and I upgrade them from here a few times a year. I have a checklist for a make world upgrade that includes hints for remote work. Check out http://home.san.rr.com/freebsd/upgrade.html. Good luck, Doug