From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 30 17:07:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA19974 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 30 Oct 1998 17:07:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from oz.phear.net (slwag1p26.ozemail.com.au [203.108.157.42]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA19950 for ; Fri, 30 Oct 1998 17:07:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jim@phrantic.phear.net) Received: from localhost (jim@localhost) by oz.phear.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA00849; Sat, 31 Oct 1998 12:07:04 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from jim@phrantic.phear.net) Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 12:07:03 +1100 (EST) From: Jim Mock To: Craig cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: About 5.2 Kernel stuff In-Reply-To: <3639EFC7.1BA8BE68@cpmx.saic.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 30 Oct 1998, Craig wrote: > In 5.2 there is a note under the very first paragraph saying that if > your kernel didn't install then you need to follow the instructions for > installing packages. Where are the instructions for installing packages > or how do I install just the directories for the kernel. I have already > completed a full 2.2.7 FreeBSD installation and somehow the kernel > directories didn't make it. Should I just re-install? Thanks No need to reinstall. Run /stand/sysinstall (as root) choose Configure, then Distributions, then src, then sys. That'll install the kernel sources. I wrote a doc to change that handbook page, but it hasn't been commited yet :-) Jim : Jim Mock | [jim@phrantic.phear.net] : : Phear Networks | web: http://www.phear.net/ : : A franchise of Triax, Inc. | ----------------------------- : : Web Site Design & Hosting | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve : : Wagga Wagga, NSW Australia | http://www.freebsd.org/ : To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message