Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 20:21:07 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: g8kbvdave@googlemail.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: No System sources? Message-ID: <20131216202107.cbe12fcf.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <52AF4D2A.13679.1A7A5A9@g8kbvdave.gmail.com> References: <52AF4D2A.13679.1A7A5A9@g8kbvdave.gmail.com>
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On Mon, 16 Dec 2013 18:57:46 -0000, g8kbvdave@googlemail.com wrote: > I'm currently stuck, trying to get them, so I can enable PPS support in > the kernel. The old "sysinstall" seems broken, in as much as it cant > seem to download anything from anywhere. The sysinstall program isn't significant anymore. :-) > Where as, the newer "bsdinstall" program, want's to reformat the hard > drive and start over each time! Great. :-) > So... > How do I get the system sources downloaded in a usable form, so I can > enable pps support in the kernel and use that. Or, do I have to trash the > system and start over(again?) You can easily use ftp to download the sources for -RELEASE from ftp.freebsd.org (select architecture and version according to what you have installed). It's a .txz compressed archive which you can extract into /usr/src. You could also install svn (Subversion) and use that to obtain the sources. This is what csup (CVS) has been used in the past. > I can understand that with third party > sites, but not the main FreeBSD handbook or other pages. The documentation is now maintained as a port. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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