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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!utnut!torn!nott!bnrgate!bnr.co.uk!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!brian Subject: Re: Are /src files necessary? Distribution: world References: <C8xK18.57q@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> Organization: tp Reply-To: Brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Simple NEWS 1.90 (ka9q DIS 1.21) Lines: 32 Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1993 19:24:10 +0000 Message-ID: <741554650snz@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Sender: usenet@demon.co.uk In article <C8xK18.57q@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> itd2b@poe.acc.Virginia.EDU writes: >I was wondering if the /src files are necessary if I do not intend >on rebuilding the kernel? (I'm totally foreign to administrating >a UNIX system, so please forgive my naive question). Also, what >does one do with the files extracted from the src01.* series? >What files do you compile with them? Why are they necessary? > >Any friendly help would be greatly appreciated. I read the faq, >and I'm no further along in understanding than I was to begin with. > >Thank you very much for your time. > Do you _really_ never want to re-build your kernel ???!? I'll assume that you know very little about U**X at all, and tell you the following: In /sys/i386/conf there are several example config files. In these files you configure your kernels devices. The default kernel probably has most of what you need, but it's nice to be able to add/subtract things depending on your hardware/preferences. By /src files, I assume you mean /usr/src. They're not _necessary_, but I've found that the patch-kits only seem to change sources - and don't release new binaries. If you want to upgrade your system with a patch-kit, you need /usr/src (a virgin copy to start with). Forgive me if I've just repeated stuff that you already know. -- Brian Somers