Date: Fri, 1 Nov 1996 16:54:47 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: jeff@jumpppoint.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Installing source on existing system Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.961101165405.4938D-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <3277AC3E.7406@jumppoint.com>
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On Wed, 30 Oct 1996, Jeff Newton wrote: > I'm new to FreeBSD so please excuse my ignorance about the following. > > I've inherited a fully configured system but I have to rebuild the > kernel. Unfortunately there is no source on this machine. > > What is the best way to go about installing ONLY source on an existing > system. I'm afraid sysinstall will mess up the existing setup and I > can't find a package with just source. Download or copy the ssys.* archives from the src/ directory. cd to /usr/src run cat ssys.* | tar xzf - That will extract the source. 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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