Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 16:51:12 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: tom@inna.net (Thomas Arnold) Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Oh boy I'm gonna get flamed... Message-ID: <199603070621.QAA00234@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960306220440.5663B-100000@butterfly.inna.net> from "Thomas Arnold" at Mar 6, 96 10:07:56 pm
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Thomas Arnold stands accused of saying: > > Is there a FAQ or a "Getting Started with Current for People who Really > Shouldn't but need a new feature badly" text available??? It's called "experience". Such a guide would be an n-complete work. Just at the moment, it's easier : Install 2.1R. Sup -current. Boot everyone off the machine. cd to /usr/src and 'make world' make a new kernel, install it reboot. I've done this twice now in the last couple of days, and it works fine. > We have tried the latest Snapshot without success, we wind up missing > tons of minor little binaries... I have also tried SUPing to Current and > doing a make world but it always winds up missing something and ending > the compile. Such as? Some real examples would help here. As it is, you're currently wearing the 'luser' tag because it worked for _us_, and you can't show anything concrete. Prove us wrong. Please! > -Tom Arnold / No relation to Rosanne -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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