From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 8 16:19:40 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from vh01.tlgm.com (vh01.tlgm.com [192.216.82.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 373F437B479 for ; Wed, 8 Nov 2000 16:19:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from cjwlaptop (adsl-141-155-31-38.nyc.adsl.bellatlantic.net [141.155.31.38]) by vh01.tlgm.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id UAA16184; Wed, 8 Nov 2000 20:33:57 -0500 Reply-To: From: "Cullin Wible" To: "Alfred Perlstein" Cc: Subject: RE: Kernel Source Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 19:18:11 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <20001108155039.B5112@fw.wintelcom.net> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I do not have /stand/sysinstall does not exist on my machine, the precise reason for writing this email. Unfortunately, I do not know where to get that either. Cullin -----Original Message----- From: Alfred Perlstein [mailto:bright@wintelcom.net] Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 6:51 PM To: Cullin Wible Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Kernel Source * Cullin Wible [001108 14:21] wrote: > Hi, I am a long time Linux/Unix user, but am new to FreeBSD. I need to > recompile the kernel so that I can increase the number of ppp and tun > interfaces available. I have read the handbook section on creation a custom > kernel at: http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/kernelconfig.html and do not have > either of the items listed in the excerpt below: > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Note: If there is not a /usr/src/sys directory on your system, then the > kernel source has not been installed. The easiest way to do this is by > running /stand/sysinstall as root, choosing Configure, then Distributions, > then src, then sys. > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > I have searched for a tar file or package containing the kernel source with > no luck. Any advice is greatly appreciated. Why haven't you followed the directions that you just showed us? You need to run /stand/sysinstall to do it. -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message