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Subject: Re: Installation Kernel 
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Date: Thu, 06 Mar 1997 01:30:33 -0800
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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> I need to write a custom installation program for FreeBSD, mainly due to tran
slation for 
> portuguese. Looking at the boot disk (boot.flp), it seems that the installati
on program 
> is built into the initial kernel.

Everything you need to know is actually in /usr/src/release/Makefile,
and you will also need a *full* CVS repository online to do this.

> Where I can find the source for this kernel? Is there any copyright problem i
n doing 
> this?

No, no copyright problem at all.  Of course, the next installer will
be far more customizable than this one, but if this is something you
have to do right away, then I also understand.

					Jordan