From owner-freebsd-questions Mon May 18 19:03:15 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA10094 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 18 May 1998 19:03:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from alpo.whistle.com (alpo.whistle.com [207.76.204.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA10015 for ; Mon, 18 May 1998 19:02:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from julian@whistle.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by alpo.whistle.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id SAA28245; Mon, 18 May 1998 18:52:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from current1.whistle.com(207.76.205.22) via SMTP by alpo.whistle.com, id smtpd028243; Tue May 19 01:52:27 1998 Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 18:52:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer To: brenda lambiris cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: updating...... In-Reply-To: <01bd82b9$c2436800$193085ce@default> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 18 May 1998, brenda lambiris wrote: > since FreeBSD isnt like linux, but it kind of is, to update the kernel, > could you just download it straight from kernel.org like you would on a > linux machine, or will you have to download a special kernel from > Freebsd.org? thanks. The major differnce between FreeBSD and Linux (besides the fact that many programs are actually differnt versions) is that in FreeBSD there is no distinction between kernel sources and sources for (say) ls. they all live in the same source tree and are all fetched from the same place. how you get the kernel sources updated is up to you. you should look up references on CTM (which delivers daily diffs) CVSUP which you run once a day to get the changes done that day, or just the ftp mirrors, where the lates versions will be available (in compressed cpio'd form) (look these things up in the FAQ,and the Handbook under 'keeping up to date' (I think). julian > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message