Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 19:18:11 -0500 From: "Cullin Wible" <cjw@cwible.com> To: "Alfred Perlstein" <bright@wintelcom.net> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Kernel Source Message-ID: <NEBBKOBPALENNPELIFAICENBCAAA.cjw@cwible.com> In-Reply-To: <20001108155039.B5112@fw.wintelcom.net>
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I do not have /stand/sysinstall does not exist on my machine, the precise reason for writing this email. Unfortunately, I do not know where to get that either. Cullin -----Original Message----- From: Alfred Perlstein [mailto:bright@wintelcom.net] Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 6:51 PM To: Cullin Wible Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Kernel Source * Cullin Wible <cwible@cwible.com> [001108 14:21] wrote: > Hi, I am a long time Linux/Unix user, but am new to FreeBSD. I need to > recompile the kernel so that I can increase the number of ppp and tun > interfaces available. I have read the handbook section on creation a custom > kernel at: http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/kernelconfig.html and do not have > either of the items listed in the excerpt below: > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Note: If there is not a /usr/src/sys directory on your system, then the > kernel source has not been installed. The easiest way to do this is by > running /stand/sysinstall as root, choosing Configure, then Distributions, > then src, then sys. > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > I have searched for a tar file or package containing the kernel source with > no luck. Any advice is greatly appreciated. Why haven't you followed the directions that you just showed us? You need to run /stand/sysinstall to do it. -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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