Return to BSD News archive
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!agate!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!pipex!demon!betanews.demon.co.uk!mallard.demon.co.uk!mike From: mike@mallard.demon.co.uk (Mike Zanker) Subject: Re: ppp FAQ - Re: ppp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Organization: Mallard independent Mail and News site Message-ID: <1994Dec30.135733.251@mallard.demon.co.uk> References: <D1J6wM.F6y@discus.technion.ac.il> <3duhej$ftr@agate.berkeley.edu> <3duqd3$fuf@news.iastate.edu> Date: Fri, 30 Dec 1994 13:57:33 GMT Lines: 23 Charles F Randall (cfrandal@iastate.edu) wrote: > In a previous post, you mention that to recompile the kernel you'd need > (at least) the kernel distribution. Am I missing something, or is there > no way to get the kernel sources without first installing the complete > source distribution? (requiring an additional 120 MB or free disk space) > Would it be possible to create a separate kernel distribution? A separate kernel distribution is available from ftp.freebsd.org and its mirrors. However, this does not seem to have made it onto the CDROM. I'm also suffering from limited disk space so I've copied just the kernel sources to /usr/src/sys, and mounted my CD elsewhere with symlinks under /usr/src. Mike -- Mike Zanker | Mail : mike@mallard.demon.co.uk 10 Mount Gardens | Voice: +44 113 267 5893 Leeds LS17 7QN | United Kingdom | PGP public key available