From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 25 17:53:22 2005 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 37C8916A41F for ; Tue, 25 Oct 2005 17:53:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from micahjon@ywave.com) Received: from smtpout1.ywave.com (ycomradius.yelmtel.com [216.227.100.60]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CB0E343D46 for ; Tue, 25 Oct 2005 17:53:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from micahjon@ywave.com) Received: (qmail 8509 invoked by uid 502); 25 Oct 2005 17:53:20 -0000 Received: from dsl28217.ywave.com (HELO ?192.168.1.65?) (micahjon@ywave.com@216.227.115.217) by 0 with SMTP; 25 Oct 2005 17:53:20 -0000 X-CLIENT-IP: 216.227.115.217 X-CLIENT-HOST: dsl28217.ywave.com Message-ID: <435E710F.9080201@ywave.com> Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 10:53:19 -0700 From: Micah User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20050930) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Linnea Forslund References: <4B5BF078-F130-4519-BF94-508BB99C15A6@secure-computing.net> <435D8938.7020702@ywave.com> <435E66B4.9030705@ywave.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: i get stuck installing kernel 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: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 17:53:22 -0000 Linnea Forslund wrote: > On 10/25/05, Micah wrote: > >>Linnea Forslund wrote: >> >>>On 10/25/05, Micah wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Linnea Forslund wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>On 10/25/05, Eric F Crist wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>On Oct 24, 2005, at 5:59 PM, Linnea Forslund wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>But there is nothing in there >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>cd /usr/src/ssys >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>/usr/src/ssys: No such file or directory. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>Install cvsup. Create a cvsup file to fetch the entire source tree. >>>>>>cvsup your source tree. >>>>>> >>>>>>see what happens. >>>>>>_______________________________________________________ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>Ok, I'll try that tomorrow after som sleep and some animating. If you >>>>>could explain it a bit more I would be happy-happy ^^ >>>>> >>>>>Night, >>>>> >>>>>Linnea >>>> >>>>Check out >>>>http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvsup.html and >>> >>> >>>If I'm going to create a supfile as it says in the handbook, where do >>>i write? In an xterm just as it is? Do I include the "*"? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge.html >>>>note: you probably don't want cutting edge, but that's where the >>>>general procedure for cvsupping and compiling your system is. >>>> >>>>HTH, >>>>Micah >>>> >> >>Checkout >>http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/current-stable.html >>partway down the page it directs you to some standard sup files on your >>computer. Copy one to a convenient folder and edit it (I believe it has >>some "change mes" in it). As for an editor, try edit (should've been >>installed with the system). It's not the nicest editor, but it'll do. >>Also, doing a site:freebsd.org search from google will probably turn up >>many helpful pages. >> > > > Ok, this feels a bit silly to ask, but what would be a convenient > folder? Should I move it later? Does it matter where i have it when i > run it later? I have mine in /root It really doesn't matter where you place it because you will specify the name on the cvsup command line (something like cvsup /root/my-supfile). The only reason to copy it somewhere is so that you still have the original in case something goes wrong. Later, Micah