Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 03:45:17 +0530 From: Subhro <subhro.kar@gmail.com> To: Lonnie Cumberland <lonnie@outstep.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Compile Kernel Question Message-ID: <43669775.9020001@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <43668E08.7060208@outstep.com> References: <43668E08.7060208@outstep.com>
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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--+----------------------------------------------
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