From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 9 06:57:11 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id GAA20694 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 9 Apr 1997 06:57:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [204.216.27.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id GAA20672 for ; Wed, 9 Apr 1997 06:57:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from oskar.nanoteq.co.za (oskar.nanoteq.co.za [163.195.220.170]) by who.cdrom.com (8.8.5/8.6.11) with ESMTP id GAA03197 for ; Wed, 9 Apr 1997 06:43:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from pvl@localhost) by oskar.nanoteq.co.za (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA18322; Wed, 9 Apr 1997 15:41:02 +0200 (SAT) From: Pierre Van Leeuwen Message-Id: <199704091341.PAA18322@oskar.nanoteq.co.za> Subject: Re: No kernel source installed To: 199704090539.VAA17131@home.corecom.net Date: Wed, 9 Apr 1997 15:41:02 +0200 (SAT) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG (FreeBSD-Questions) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > I d/led 2.2.1-R and various pkgs via ftp. (about 185 megs). > I followed every step in the menu and then re-booted to start FreeBSD. It > booted and everything looked fine, so I then wanted to make a custom > kernel and look at "make world". I read that to build the kernel, the > usr/src/sys directory must be present. I don't show this directory! > I did the "novice" installation and everything seemed to go ok. I also > printed about 50 pages of the handbook, faqs, and tutorial. I don't know > what I did wrong this time. I checked the package installation direction > but don't find it there. Where do I look now, or did I miss it somewhere? > Thanks, > Mike > > The novice installation does not actually install the kernel source (I think -- I've never used the novice though ;) ) Type /stand/sysinstall and go to the configure menu. Go to Distributions and choose custom. ( by pressing spacebar ). Choose src, and in the source menu, you will be able to choose sys, which is the kernel source. If you want to do a make world, you will need most of the others as well. A make world isn't really neccessary if you had just installed a new release from scratch. Building a custom kernel is a must ( As well as a nice exercise ;) ). Good luck pierre -- Pierre_Andre van Leeuwen Electronic Engineer -------------------------------------------------------------- | E-mail : pvl@nanoteq.com | Nanoteq (Pty) Ltd. | | Ph : +27 (0)12 665-1338 | Specialists in data security | --------------------------------------------------------------