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Date:      Sun, 25 Aug 1996 13:04:13 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Francisco Reyes <reyes01@ibm.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD questions <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: How to make new kernel from cdrom instead of HD
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.960825130219.220E-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199608250807.IAA33574@pop01.ny.us.ibm.net>

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On Sun, 25 Aug 1996, Francisco Reyes wrote:

> I ran out of disk when installing Xfree. I want to delete the sources
> for the kernel. What files do I need to delete for the kernel sources
> and how can I compile them afterwards using the life filesystem
> instead of copying them to my HD?

Well, realize that compiliing the kernel requires disk space to hold the
.o files and the finished kernel.  You could build a symlink tree using
the x 'lndir' utility, but you still need some space to hold the output
files.  

lndir /cdrom/src/sys /usr/src/sys

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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