From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 25 17:09:10 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 CF70816A41F for ; Tue, 25 Oct 2005 17:09:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from micahjon@ywave.com) Received: from smtpout1.ywave.com (ycomradius.yelmtel.com [216.227.100.60]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6DCD243D46 for ; Tue, 25 Oct 2005 17:09:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from micahjon@ywave.com) Received: (qmail 5541 invoked by uid 502); 25 Oct 2005 17:09:09 -0000 Received: from dsl28217.ywave.com (HELO ?192.168.1.65?) (micahjon@ywave.com@216.227.115.217) by 0 with SMTP; 25 Oct 2005 17:09:09 -0000 X-CLIENT-IP: 216.227.115.217 X-CLIENT-HOST: dsl28217.ywave.com Message-ID: <435E66B4.9030705@ywave.com> Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 10:09:08 -0700 From: Micah User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20050930) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Linnea Forslund References: <4B5BF078-F130-4519-BF94-508BB99C15A6@secure-computing.net> <435D8938.7020702@ywave.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Eric F Crist , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: i get stuck installing kernel 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: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 17:09:10 -0000 Linnea Forslund wrote: > On 10/25/05, Micah wrote: > >>Linnea Forslund wrote: >> >>>On 10/25/05, Eric F Crist wrote: >>> >>> >>>>On Oct 24, 2005, at 5:59 PM, Linnea Forslund wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>But there is nothing in there >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>cd /usr/src/ssys >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>/usr/src/ssys: No such file or directory. >>>>> >>>> >>>>Install cvsup. Create a cvsup file to fetch the entire source tree. >>>>cvsup your source tree. >>>> >>>>see what happens. >>>>_______________________________________________________ >>> >>> >>>Ok, I'll try that tomorrow after som sleep and some animating. If you >>>could explain it a bit more I would be happy-happy ^^ >>> >>>Night, >>> >>>Linnea >> >>Check out >>http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvsup.html and > > > If I'm going to create a supfile as it says in the handbook, where do > i write? In an xterm just as it is? Do I include the "*"? > > > >>http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge.html >>note: you probably don't want cutting edge, but that's where the >>general procedure for cvsupping and compiling your system is. >> >>HTH, >>Micah >> Checkout http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/current-stable.html partway down the page it directs you to some standard sup files on your computer. Copy one to a convenient folder and edit it (I believe it has some "change mes" in it). As for an editor, try edit (should've been installed with the system). It's not the nicest editor, but it'll do. Also, doing a site:freebsd.org search from google will probably turn up many helpful pages. HTH, Micah