From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 24 12:30:44 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA25966 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 24 Mar 1998 12:30:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dt050n33.san.rr.com (@dt050n33.san.rr.com [204.210.31.51]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA25857 for ; Tue, 24 Mar 1998 12:29:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Studded@dal.net) Received: from dal.net (Studded@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dt050n33.san.rr.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA00458; Tue, 24 Mar 1998 12:29:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Studded@dal.net) Message-ID: <351817A3.36CCA045@dal.net> Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 12:29:23 -0800 From: Studded Organization: Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Scott Myron CC: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" Subject: Re: compiling kernel.. References: <35176659.4F66D7A3@hsonline.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Scott Myron wrote: > > hi. ok, I want to recompile my kernel, but I don't even know where the > source of it is located. If you have the source it will be in /usr/src/sys. You should take a look at http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/handbook37.html#kernelconfig before you proceed. > I want to do this for a few reasons, first, I > want more terms, so I can have more then 3 programs running. You might want to consider running X windows. :) Then you can have lots and lots of programs running in their own little windows where you can keep an eye on them. This isn't an easy thing to set up, but it's doable. I got mine going with the help of Greg's book "The Complete FreeBSD." If you're interested ask about it at your local bookstore. Make sure to ask for the second edition. > second, I > want pppd support, although I don't need it because I have userppp and > it works great, but just in case I want to ever switch. Yes, options are a good thing. :) > third, so it > doesn't have to scan my system every time I start up because that takes > forever. Also a good thing. Good luck, Doug -- *** Chief Operations Officer, DALnet IRC network *** *** Proud operator, designer and maintainer of the world's largest *** Internet Relay Chat server. 5,328 clients and still growing. *** Try spider.dal.net on ports 6662-4 (Powered by FreeBSD) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message