i get stuck installing kernel

Micah micahjon at ywave.com
Tue Oct 25 10:53:22 PDT 2005


Linnea Forslund wrote:
> 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?

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



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