From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 24 18:35:24 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: doc@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF7B816A4DA for ; Mon, 24 Jul 2006 18:35:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from derek@telus.net) Received: from defout.telus.net (defout.telus.net [199.185.220.240]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E528043D46 for ; Mon, 24 Jul 2006 18:35:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from derek@telus.net) Received: from priv-edtnaa06.telusplanet.net ([154.20.132.128]) by priv-edtnes44.telusplanet.net (InterMail vM.7.05.01.01 201-2174-106-103-20060222) with ESMTP id <20060724183522.SBDX16281.priv-edtnes44.telusplanet.net@priv-edtnaa06.telusplanet.net> for ; Mon, 24 Jul 2006 12:35:22 -0600 Received: from marion.net (d154-20-132-128.bchsia.telus.net [154.20.132.128]) by priv-edtnaa06.telusplanet.net (BorderWare MXtreme Infinity Mail Firewall) with ESMTP id 6767WKPSFW for ; Mon, 24 Jul 2006 12:35:16 -0600 (MDT) Received: from marion.net (IDENT:7001@localhost.net [127.0.0.1]) by marion.net (8.13.4/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k6OIXb9L009053 for ; Mon, 24 Jul 2006 11:33:37 -0700 Received: (from derek@localhost) by marion.net (8.13.4/8.13.3/Submit) id k6OIXbYm009052 for doc@FreeBSD.org; Mon, 24 Jul 2006 11:33:37 -0700 Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 11:33:36 -0700 From: yard-ape@telus.net To: doc@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: <44c51280.Zvcm/4eWxwJjdT8e%yard-ape@telus.net> References: <44c50d50.oj7Lqm9anV+wVaRL%yard-ape@telus.net> In-Reply-To: <44c50d50.oj7Lqm9anV+wVaRL%yard-ape@telus.net> User-Agent: nail 11.25 7/29/05 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: Thanks and Possible Erratum X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 18:35:25 -0000 yard-ape@telus.net wrote: > Thanks for the tremendous documentation of the FreeBSD Handbook! I'm new to FreeBSD (from Linux and Plan9), and I consider this "total operating system" documentation of yours a huge benefit. > > A possible error under section 8.3 "Building and Installing a Custom Kernel": in the instructions on installing the source form the command line, it says: > > ... > # ln -s /usr/src/sys /sys > # cat /cdrom/src/ssys.[a-d]* | tar -xzvf - > > Next, move to the arch/conf directory... > > ... > > Isn't there a "cd /" missing between the "ln" and the "cat" commands? > > -Derek Thomas ... Also, on my cdrom, the 'src' is a subdirectory of '6.1-RELEASE' (which took me a bit of flailing to figure out). -Thanks again. Derek Thomas