Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 22:15:48 +0000 From: Robert Slade <bsd@bathnetworks.com> To: Lonnie Cumberland <lonnie@outstep.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Compile Kernel Question Message-ID: <1130796947.11904.4.camel@lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <43668E08.7060208@outstep.com> References: <43668E08.7060208@outstep.com>
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On Mon, 2005-10-31 at 21:35, Lonnie Cumberland wrote: > Greetings All, > > I am new to FreeBSD but have a lot of Linux experience so I think that > the migration should not be too difficult. > > The reason that I am investigating FreeBSD is because I hear that it > performs GREAT under heavy loads and many larger ISP are using it > without fail. In my experience, Linux, although a great OS, seems to bog > down under heavy loading. I could be wrong though and it could have just > been to misconfiguration on my part. > > Well, I have a base installation of FreeBSD 4.11 which is needed for a > particular project but now need to compile the kernel to support QUOTA's. > > My question is how do I install the sources over the web so that I can > compile the kernel to support quotas? > > The FreeBSD docs tell a little, but mostly assume that you have the > sources already on the system to compile which I do not have and need to > download them. > > If some one could please give me a little guidance then I would greatly > appreciate it. > > Thanks in advance, > Lonnie Lonnie, It's is the handbook see http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig-building.html It tell you how to install the source at the beginning. Rob
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