About Kernel Compile

[Kris Kennaway]

On Sat, Nov 15, 2003 at 06:16:47PM +0200, Vahric MUHTARYAN wrote:
> Hi Everybody , 
> 
> 	I'm Linux Admin , now I start to use and find out FreeBSD ?! I
> have a question about kernel. With linux we always get kernel from
> www.kernel.org . Now I want to know How can I find out new FreeBSD
> kernel ?!!! and How can I get a news to new kernel released ?! 
> 
> 	When I update src with CVSup command at this moment everything
> is okey ?! I mean new kernel installed and ready to build custom kernel
> ...

Unlike Linux, FreeBSD is not distributed as a separate kernel and
world: it is one integrated system.  To update your system, you update
your sources with e.g. cvsup, and then rebuild the kernel and world.
This process is documented in detail in the handbook on the FreeBSD
website.

Kris
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