From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Mar 11 16:17:52 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D37EF1522F; Thu, 11 Mar 1999 16:17:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id KAA19054; Fri, 12 Mar 1999 10:47:16 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.3/8.9.0) id KAA28540; Fri, 12 Mar 1999 10:47:13 +1030 (CST) Message-ID: <19990312104713.L490@lemis.com> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 10:47:13 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Paolo Di Francesco Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: where is the kernel? References: <19990311005620.RIMA2097.fep01-svc@harlock> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <19990311005620.RIMA2097.fep01-svc@harlock>; from Paolo Di Francesco on Thu, Mar 11, 1999 at 01:05:57AM -0000 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG [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