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Date:      Sun, 10 Mar 1996 22:57:11 -0700
From:      Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net>
To:        ko-baba@kdd.co.jp
Cc:        nate@sri.MT.net, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Kernel reconfiguration for 3Com PCMCIA
Message-ID:  <199603110557.WAA10786@rocky.sri.MT.net>
In-Reply-To: <H00006dd01619a0e@MHS>
References:  <199603081452.HAA05407@rocky.sri.MT.net> <H00006dd01619a0e@MHS>

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> >> I can understand the way to update my kernel using sup or ctm, but
> >> I guess those procedure need ftp connection between my machine
> >>  and server which stores FreeBSD-stable sources. 
> >
> >Some sort of a TCP/IP connection anyway.
> 
> Does this mean, for example, ppp connection ?

That's one way.

> I prefer to update the sources by downloading new one,
>  because I can get sources in any freebsd ftp site with other machines,
>  and I am not so familier with ppp that it will take long hour for setup.

It's alot harder that way, but that will work as well.

> >> How can I do that under this situation (using only PCMCIA 3C589C
> >>  ( original kernel does not support this )).
> >
> >Can you download the sources to floppies on another machine and load
> >them that way?
> 
> Yes! If you can point me out which source is mandatory for this kernel
> building, I can update my sources.

/usr/src/sys/* & /usr/src/usr.sbin/config/*


Nate



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