From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 31 22:13:57 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAB5516A41F for ; Mon, 31 Oct 2005 22:13:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bsd@bathnetworks.com) Received: from lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk (mail.bathnetworks.com [84.92.24.252]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14BCC43D4C for ; Mon, 31 Oct 2005 22:13:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bsd@bathnetworks.com) Received: (qmail 14768 invoked by uid 510); 31 Oct 2005 22:15:50 +0000 Received: from 84.92.24.252 by lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk (envelope-from , uid 508) with qmail-scanner-1.24-st-qms (clamdscan: 0.87/1146. spamassassin: 3.0.2. perlscan: 1.24-st-qms. Clear:RC:0(84.92.24.252):SA:0(-4.5/5.0):. Processed in 2.285706 secs); 31 Oct 2005 22:15:50 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.5 required=5.0 X-Antivirus-MYDOMAIN-Mail-From: bsd@bathnetworks.com via lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk X-Antivirus-MYDOMAIN: 1.24-st-qms (Clear:RC:0(84.92.24.252):SA:0(-4.5/5.0):. Processed in 2.285706 secs Process 14761) Received: from mail.bathnetworks.com (HELO ?84.92.24.252?) (bsd@bathnetworks.com@84.92.24.252) by lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk with SMTP; 31 Oct 2005 22:15:48 +0000 From: Robert Slade To: Lonnie Cumberland In-Reply-To: <43668E08.7060208@outstep.com> References: <43668E08.7060208@outstep.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1130796947.11904.4.camel@lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 22:15:48 +0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Compile Kernel Question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 22:13:58 -0000 On Mon, 2005-10-31 at 21:35, Lonnie Cumberland wrote: > Greetings All, > > I am new to FreeBSD but have a lot of Linux experience so I think that > the migration should not be too difficult. > > The reason that I am investigating FreeBSD is because I hear that it > performs GREAT under heavy loads and many larger ISP are using it > without fail. In my experience, Linux, although a great OS, seems to bog > down under heavy loading. I could be wrong though and it could have just > been to misconfiguration on my part. > > Well, I have a base installation of FreeBSD 4.11 which is needed for a > particular project but now need to compile the kernel to support QUOTA's. > > My question is how do I install the sources over the web so that I can > compile the kernel to support quotas? > > The FreeBSD docs tell a little, but mostly assume that you have the > sources already on the system to compile which I do not have and need to > download them. > > If some one could please give me a little guidance then I would greatly > appreciate it. > > Thanks in advance, > Lonnie Lonnie, It's is the handbook see http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig-building.html It tell you how to install the source at the beginning. Rob