Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 10:23:34 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: frank.wei@alliedtelesyn.co.nz (frank wei) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to abtain FreeBSD source code Message-ID: <200405141423.i4EENZl01571@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <s0a4e5d4.058@LEO.ALLIEDTELESYN.CO.NZ> from "frank wei" at May 14, 2004 03:29:15 PM
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> > Hi FreeBSD, > > I'm a software engineer in the networking industry. I'm very intersted > in the the implementation of IP routing in FreeBSD. Two questions here: > > 1. Can I get FreeBSD source code without any charge? Yes. > 2. If so, how can I get them? This is all very well documented on the FreeBSD web site. Go to http://www.freebsd.org/ and follow the appropriate links. Basically, you can download the .iso file and start the install. If you have a decent speed network line, just download and burn the mini-iso CD. You can do all the rest via the install by ftp method. It works well. Alternatively, if you have a slow network connection, then you may wish to buy a cd set from one of the companies that burn copies of the CDs and package them with the handbook for a small charge - some of which is donated to the FreeBSD project. All of this information is on the web site. Since you will ask, for now install and learn the latest 4.xxx version. (currently 4.9-RELEASE is out. 4.10-RELEASE is expected momentarily) It is still a little more ready for production than 5.xxx. By the time you have become very familiar with FreeBSD, probably 5.xxx will be the main track and you can install it then. ////jerry > > Regards, > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Frank Wei 27 Nazareth Avenue > Software Engineer PO Box 8011 > Allied Telesyn Research Christchurch 8034 > (An Allied Telesyn Group company) New Zealand > phone +64 3 339 9536 fax +64 3 339 3001 > -------------------------------------------------------------
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