Date: Wed, 09 Apr 97 11:48:51 From: me@corecom.net (Michael A. Endsley) To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: No kernel source installed Message-ID: <199704091948.LAA11404@home.corecom.net> In-Reply-To: <199704090806.KAA14366@oskar.nanoteq.co.za>
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Thanks for the info. I did as you stated and even after reading from the handbook on ppp and ftp, I can't get ftp going to download from FreeBSD. I can get logged into my IP via ppp. Also (perhaps related to the kernel src missing, is that "make" doesn't work either :( Perhaps it would be best to start all over again? If so, since I am a newbie, how can I get the source from a Novice Installation? Thanks again, Mike In <199704090806.KAA14366@oskar.nanoteq.co.za>, on 04/09/97 at 10:06 AM, Pierre Van Leeuwen <pvl@oskar.nanoteq.co.za> said: >> I d/led 2.2.1-R and various pkgs via ftp. (about 185 megs). >> I followed every step in the menu and then re-booted to start FreeBSD. It >> booted and everything looked fine, so I then wanted to make a custom >> kernel and look at "make world". I read that to build the kernel, the >> usr/src/sys directory must be present. I don't show this directory! >> I did the "novice" installation and everything seemed to go ok. I also >> printed about 50 pages of the handbook, faqs, and tutorial. I don't know >> what I did wrong this time. I checked the package installation direction >> but don't find it there. Where do I look now, or did I miss it somewhere? >> Thanks, >> Mike >> >> >The novice installation does not actually install the kernel source (I >think -- I've never used the novice though ;) ) >Type /stand/sysinstall and go to the configure menu. Go to Distributions >and choose custom. ( by pressing spacebar ). Choose src, and in the >source menu, you will be able to choose sys, which is the kernel source. >If you want to do a make world, you will need most of the others as well. >A make world isn't really neccessary if you had just installed a new >release from scratch. Building a custom kernel is a must ( As well as a >nice exercise ;) ). >Good luck >pierre
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