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To: alexandr@louie.udel.edu (Jerry Alexandratos)
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> Well, where to begin.  I got the 2.1.0-snap installed.  Thanks for
> everyone's help on the lnc0 card.  It turns out that something just
> isn't working right with either my Cabletron NE2100 compatible, the
> kernel support for that card, or both!

> So, I went out and got myself a NE2000.  Problems solved.  8)

> There are a few other things that I want to do now.  First, I want to
> recompile my kernel.  Unfortunately, I forgot to have the ftp
> installation install the source files.  I haven't yet mastered sup, and
> I would rather worry about learning it after I build my kernel.  Where
> can I find the source code for the kernel.  Is there an archive with it
> that I can just untar and work from?

ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.0-951104-SNAP/src/ssys.*

Once you have all of the files ftp'd, you can install them with:

cd /usr
cat $PATH_TO_SSYS_FILES/ssys.* | tar xfzpv - 

> Where is getty located?  I swear for the life of me, I can't find it.

/usr/libexec

> Finally, I want to modify my console a bit.  Is there anyway to put the
> console into 80x50 line mode as oppossed to the default 80x25.  In a
> similar vein, is there a utility that will allow me change the colors
> on the console?  I think what I'm looking for is FreeBSD's equivilent
> of Linux's 'setterm' command.  Does such a beast exist?

Since your using the standard console, use vidcontrol.