From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 1 12:06:27 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA10120 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 1 Aug 1998 12:06:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from photon.soltec.net (photon.soltec.net [206.148.208.27]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA10112 for ; Sat, 1 Aug 1998 12:06:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jlr@soltec.net) Received: from jeff (ppp8.cu.soltec.net [206.148.209.8]) by photon.soltec.net (8.8.8/8.8.9) with SMTP id OAA27764 for ; Sat, 1 Aug 1998 14:05:45 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <199808011905.OAA27764@photon.soltec.net> From: "Jeff Rogers" To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Sat, 1 Aug 1998 14:02:23 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Questions about kernel source installation X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.01b) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I have recently installed version 2.2.6. I want to edit my kernel. However, I do not have the directories /usr/src/sys on my system. I understand this means the source isn't installed. I want to go back & install it. Here's the dilemma. My ATAPI IDE CD ROM is currently not mountable by FreeBSD. Can I create a do-able fix by setting my BIOS to boot from the CD ROM and then choosing a custom installation, choosing to only install the source? And if so, is there a definite selection I should make, or is it obvious? I just don't want to trash the now good installation. Obviously, my fear is that I might somehow install something that would wipe out what is okay now, and be left with the only option of simply fully re-installing from scratch. Thanks in advance. And thanks to all who helped me with the info on rebuilding the kernel. Jeff Rogers jlr@soltec.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message