From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 31 22:15:57 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 1495F16A420 for ; Mon, 31 Oct 2005 22:15:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from subhro.kar@gmail.com) Received: from xproxy.gmail.com (xproxy.gmail.com [66.249.82.203]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40E0143D55 for ; Mon, 31 Oct 2005 22:15:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from subhro.kar@gmail.com) Received: by xproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id s13so740410wxc for ; Mon, 31 Oct 2005 14:15:55 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:disposition-notification-to:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=Q0Lscx91FU/bX815/nzMwIf/+6/2AEZitUC+NgCJTjhtdDBDTWh4L/Oh9B3dhRp5SKqG+68CLT3azZ+7ryT72K90p+66R3sPQoKknu2e6IVyZqIYM68qc6lhqroOLKka91R1SImctvpjITy4DemoetgPLZJiQMXYqHhke4i3P+k= Received: by 10.70.113.6 with SMTP id l6mr2022979wxc; Mon, 31 Oct 2005 14:15:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?127.0.0.1? ( [203.145.188.150]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id h37sm1883272wxd.2005.10.31.14.15.48; Mon, 31 Oct 2005 14:15:55 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <43669775.9020001@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 03:45:17 +0530 From: Subhro User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.4.1 (Windows/20051006) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Lonnie Cumberland References: <43668E08.7060208@outstep.com> In-Reply-To: <43668E08.7060208@outstep.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed 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 22:15:57 -0000 Lonnie Cumberland sat at his 'puter and typed on 11/1/2005 3:05: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Did you have a look at the handbook? Read through the chapter which describes about building your own kernel and world. http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/ Thanks S. -- ---------------+---------------------------------------------- | Subhro Sankha Kar \ / | GSM: +919831064613 -- Fax: +919831832913 \./ | MSN:subhro@subhro.org -- Yahoo: subhro82 (0Y0) | ICQ: 203567534 -- AIM: bsdboy1982 ooO--(_)--Ooo--+----------------------------------------------