Getting Source Code after Installing the Software

[Ian Pulsford]

Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> "Mayo, Richard A RDECOM CERDEC STCD SRI" <Richard.Mayo at us.army.mil>
> writes:
> 
>> I installed FreeBSD on a couple of computers without installing any source code.  Now (naturally), I want to get a hold of the kernel source so I can re-compile and enable support for PIM and Multicast Routing.
>>
>> However, I can't figure how to get the source off my CDs.  I downloaded the ISO's for Disk 1 and Disk 2 of FreeBSD 6.1--RELEASE.
>> Can anybody tell me where I can find the source code on these disks so I don't have to run a re-installation just to get it??
> 
> You can run sysinstall without doing an install.
> If you really want to extract the source directly with tar, it's been
> explained on this list a number of times over the years.
> 
> Or get more up-to-date sources by cvsup, as someone else suggested.

Or even better install the source from the CD then cvsup, save a lot of 
time and bandwidth :D