Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 09:46:49 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Michael J Streeter <mike2609@dreamscape.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Where is Kernel Source on Walnut Ck CDs Message-ID: <19980413094649.R24376@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <3530CBDE.6BF6839B@dreamscape.com>; from Michael J Streeter on Sun, Apr 12, 1998 at 10:12:47AM -0400 References: <3530389B.4AE8559A@dreamscape.com> <19980412182241.N24376@freebie.lemis.com> <3530CBDE.6BF6839B@dreamscape.com>
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On Sun, 12 April 1998 at 10:12:47 -0400, Michael J Streeter wrote: > Greg Lehey wrote: > >> On Sat, 11 April 1998 at 23:44:27 -0400, Michael J Streeter wrote: > >>> I'm using the Walnut Creek distribution of 2.2.5 and cannot get the >>> kernel source off the cds. I followed up on the errata as listed for >>> page 242 (_The Complete FreeBSD_) which changed the source from >>> /cdrom/dists/src/sys.* to /cdrom/src/sys.* however, there are >>> no files that match this. The closest thing I can find are ssys* files. >>> >>> Any suggestions as to where I can find the kernel source on these cds? >> >> Look at page ii (the page before the title page): >> >> Important notice >> >> A list of errata and addenda is available for this book on the >> first CD-ROM in the file /book/errata. The most up-to-date list >> is on ftp://ftp.lemis.com/pub/cfbsd/errata-2. Please check these >> lists before reporting problems. > > That is what I did! The line that the text is updated to accd errata-2 is the > following: > > # cat /cdrom/src/sys.* | tar xzvf - > > However, this returns zero files... there are NO files that match the sys.* > pattern. Correct. That was a bug in the errata, which has since been fixed. The correct command is # cat /cdrom/src/ssys.* | tar xzvf - Sorry about that, they keep changing the names... Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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