From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 25 00:07:47 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id AAA11783 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 25 Nov 1996 00:07:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from jtnet.com (jtnet.com [165.254.156.252]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id AAA11773 for ; Mon, 25 Nov 1996 00:07:42 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jjchin@localhost) by jtnet.com (8.8.3/8.8.3) with SMTP id DAA05692 for ; Mon, 25 Nov 1996 03:07:40 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 25 Nov 1996 03:07:40 -0500 (EST) From: Johnny J Chin X-Sender: jjchin@jtnet.com To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: http://www.freebsd.org/support.html (fwd) Message-ID: Organization: Onesimus Enterprises International Inc. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Maybe somewhere in the README or the documentation, there should be included information on how to get updated kernel sources more easily. In other words, something like being able to FTP it (see below). ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 24 Nov 1996 14:21:50 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" To: jjchin@onesimus.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: http://www.freebsd.org/support.html > > Is there anywhere I can download the kernel source like I can for Linux? > Basically all the necessary source files in one tar file? > I'm looking to upgrade to 2.1.6 but I don't want to have to buy another > copy of FreeBSD on CD. Thanks. > Try ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-current/src and do a: get sys.tar.gz This will get the current kernel tree (about 6 or so meg)... If you forage around a bit, you can also find the 2.2-ALPHA and 2.1.6 stuff also... John dyson@freebsd.org