Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 14:06:29 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" <dyson@FreeBSD.ORG> To: jer@jorsm.com (Jeremy Shaffner) Cc: xnet@sprintmail.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: updating...... Message-ID: <199805191906.OAA20854@dyson.iquest.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980519111458.27171D-100000@mercury.jorsm.com> from Jeremy Shaffner at "May 19, 98 11:20:00 am"
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Jeremy Shaffner said: > > Just wanted to clarify for Brenda's sake: > > FreeBSD includes full source code on everything. > > You can modify the the kernel source as you see fit, and compile it and > install it. Or you can keep current by downloading the source from > freebsd.org as Julian said and do the same. You don't just download a > a kernel (the binary file) and install it. > I didn't know that they had pre-built kernels available. You can download the sources for daily (almost) snapshots from current.freebsd.org. This is either available for -current or -stable. (The current.freebsd.org server has a bunch of versions available.) -- John | Never try to teach a pig to sing, dyson@freebsd.org | it just makes you look stupid, jdyson@nc.com | and it irritates the pig. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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