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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Kernel Sources---where?
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 1996 02:20:59 -0800
Organization: Walnut Creek CDROM
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To: Stephan Forth <stephan@forthdv.pfm-mainz.de>

Stephan Forth wrote:
> I got FreeBSD 2.1 installed from the Walnut Creek CD-ROM on
> a very small system. I copied the /bin dist to floppies and
> all was fine. (The System is an PS/2 E, 486SLC, 8 MB Ram, 120 MB HD)

Now go back and look at the /src dist.  In particular, you want the
`sys' bundle.  See the install.sh script provided for the purpose of
grabbing subsections of the source.

> Now I'd like to recompile the kernel to get the PCMCIA stuff
> working. I could'nt find the kernel sources on the CD and I don't

They're also on the *second* CD, if you're trying to save space.  Look
in /cdrom/usr/src
-- 
- Jordan Hubbard
  President, FreeBSD Project