Compile Kernel Question

Lonnie Cumberland lonnie at outstep.com
Mon Oct 31 16:26:12 PST 2005


Thanks Grigory,

That did the trick....

I am starting to get a feel for the layout of the FreeBSD system and it 
looks to ber really clean.

Thanks again,
Lonnie


Grigory O. Ptashko wrote:

>Lonnie,
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>run /stand/sysinstall as root
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>choose Configure->Distributions->src-> choose what sources to install
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>and sysinstall will ask you what media would you like to use for installation.
>You can choose the installation over the net from various servers.
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>And generally, you have to read chapters number 20 and number 14.14 in the handbook to
>keep your sources up to date.
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>>Greetings All,
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>>I am new to FreeBSD but have a lot of Linux experience so I think that
>>the migration should not be too difficult.
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>>The reason that I am investigating FreeBSD is because I hear that it 
>>performs GREAT under heavy loads and many larger ISP are using it 
>>without fail. In my experience, Linux, although a great OS, seems to bog
>>down under heavy loading. I could be wrong though and it could have just
>>been to misconfiguration on my part.
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>>Well, I have a base installation of FreeBSD 4.11 which is needed for a
>>particular project but now need to compile the kernel to support QUOTA's.
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>>My question is how do I install the sources over the web so that I can
>>compile the kernel to support quotas?
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>>The FreeBSD docs tell a little, but mostly assume that you have the 
>>sources already on the system to compile which I do not have and need to
>>download them.
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>>If some one could please give me a little guidance then I would greatly
>>appreciate it.
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>>Thanks in advance,
>>Lonnie
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