i get stuck installing kernel

Linnea Forslund supermoccine at gmail.com
Tue Oct 25 10:31:58 PDT 2005


On 10/25/05, Micah <micahjon at ywave.com> wrote:
> Linnea Forslund wrote:
> > On 10/25/05, Micah <micahjon at ywave.com> wrote:
> >
> >>Linnea Forslund wrote:
> >>
> >>>On 10/25/05, Eric F Crist <ecrist at secure-computing.net> 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?


--
/Linnea


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