Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 10:47:13 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Paolo Di Francesco <paipai@tin.it> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: where is the kernel? Message-ID: <19990312104713.L490@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <19990311005620.RIMA2097.fep01-svc@harlock>; from Paolo Di Francesco on Thu, Mar 11, 1999 at 01:05:57AM -0000 References: <19990311005620.RIMA2097.fep01-svc@harlock>
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[following up to -questions] On Thursday, 11 March 1999 at 1:05:57 -0000, Paolo Di Francesco wrote: > I want to install/play/compile the last version of the kernel. I want to > download the 4.0 version (snapshot) but I don't find it. > I don't want to use CVS, only to download the kernel packages, unpack > them and putting them somewhere, then compile them. This isn't really an in-depth technical discussion, so I'm following up to -questions. On the CD-ROM, they're in the files src/ssys.a*. You'll find them on the ftp site in a similar place. > Can I use an arbitrary directory to compile the kernel? No. Use /usr/src/sys. You should have a symlink /sys -> /usr/src/sys; some software may depend on it, but I haven't checked. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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