From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 19 12:14:08 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2559C16A479 for ; Mon, 19 Jun 2006 12:14:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Richard.Mayo@us.army.mil) Received: from cecom6.monmouth.army.mil (cecom6.monmouth.army.mil [134.80.0.9]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6CF7943D62 for ; Mon, 19 Jun 2006 12:14:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Richard.Mayo@us.army.mil) Received: from MONM226.nae.ds.army.mil (mailsw2.monmouth.army.mil [134.80.5.41]) by cecom6.monmouth.army.mil (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k5JCDxTl010551 for ; Mon, 19 Jun 2006 08:14:03 -0400 (EDT) Received: from SWGM6.nae.ds.army.mil (unverified) by MONM226.nae.ds.army.mil (Content Technologies SMTPRS 4.3.12) with ESMTP id for ; Mon, 19 Jun 2006 08:13:59 -0400 Received: by swgm6.nae.ds.army.mil with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2658.27) id ; Mon, 19 Jun 2006 08:13:59 -0400 Message-ID: From: "Mayo, Richard A RDECOM CERDEC STCD SRI" To: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 08:13:57 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2658.27) Content-Type: text/plain Subject: RE: Getting Source Code after Installing the Software X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 12:14:08 -0000 Can you simply tell me the name of the tar ball on the CD? Rich Mayo SRI International x76435 > -----Original Message----- > From: Lowell Gilbert [mailto:freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org] > Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 4:40 PM > To: Mayo, Richard A RDECOM CERDEC STCD SRI > Cc: 'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org' > Subject: Re: Getting Source Code after Installing the Software > > "Mayo, Richard A RDECOM CERDEC STCD SRI" > writes: > > > I installed FreeBSD on a couple of computers without > installing any source code. Now (naturally), I want to get a > hold of the kernel source so I can re-compile and enable > support for PIM and Multicast Routing. > > > > However, I can't figure how to get the source off my CDs. > I downloaded the ISO's for Disk 1 and Disk 2 of FreeBSD 6.1--RELEASE. > > Can anybody tell me where I can find the source code on > these disks so I don't have to run a re-installation just to get it?? > > You can run sysinstall without doing an install. > If you really want to extract the source directly with tar, it's been > explained on this list a number of times over the years. > > Or get more up-to-date sources by cvsup, as someone else suggested. > > Shall we go on? There are more possibilities, albeit less generally > useful. >