From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 16 22:55:27 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from builder.freebsd.org (builder.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.24]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8485A37B651; Wed, 16 Feb 2000 22:55:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from flyhull@corecomm.net) Received: from mail.megsinet.net (mailcluster-b.corecomm.net [216.214.150.11]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32A19132F2; Wed, 16 Feb 2000 22:54:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from c3po.naboo.mil (tnt13c-228.focal-chi.corecomm.net) by mail.megsinet.net (Sun Internet Mail Server sims.3.5.1999.07.30.00.05.p8) with SMTP id <0FQ2009443UMJ7@mail.megsinet.net>; Wed, 16 Feb 2000 22:16:00 -0600 (CST) Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 21:06:11 -0600 From: Default User Subject: Re: question on how to get 3.4 stable To: jim@FreeBSD.org Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Message-id: <000501bf78f3$f254e820$03c0a8c0@naboo.mil> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 Content-type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 References: <002401bf78db$5fc3c660$03c0a8c0@naboo.mil> <20000216192413.B32645@luna.cdrom.com> X-Priority: 3 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG thanks for your prompt reply. for a 412K dsl line on a 486/50dx2 with 20k, do i really need the 3.4 stable versions or will 3.4-release work? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Mock" To: "Default User" Cc: Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 9:24 PM Subject: Re: question on how to get 3.4 stable > [Cc:'d to -questions, this really should be asked there] > > On Wed, 16 Feb 2000 at 18:10:04 -0600, Default User wrote: > > how do i get the 3.4 stable kernel source and the ppp and pppd > > packages or ports which are referenced in your handbook contribution? > > all i have been able to find is 3.4 release. thank you very much for > > the article. i have been using 3.2 release and user ppp to link my > > network to the web via dial-up but i did not know how to proceed with > > dsl. > > You'll need to cvsup the source (for the entire OS, not just the > kernel) then 'make world'. For more information on this, take a look > at: > > o http://www.FreeBSD.org/handbook/stable.html > o http://www.FreeBSD.org/handbook/makeworld.html > o http://www.freebsddiary.org/current.html (it deals with -STABLE even > though it's named current.html) > o http://www.freebsdzine.org/attic/199907/cvsup.txt > > Those should help answer some of your questions. As for ppp and pppd, > they're part of the base distribution, so you won't need to add any > packages or ports to get them. > > - jim > > -- > - jim mock - walnut creek cdrom/freebsd test labs - jim@luna.cdrom.com - > - phone: 1.925.691.2800 x.3814 - fax: 1.925.674.0821 - jim@FreeBSD.org - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message