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From: Conrad Sabatier <conrads@neosoft.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Kernel Source files
Date: 10 Jan 1997 18:41:38 -0600
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"Stephane Raimbault" <bsw827@freenet.mb.ca> writes:

> 
> I am wanting to install FreeBSD as kern-developer.  What src files do I
> need to get.  I don't think I need to download them all do I?  Which *.aa,
> *.ab , etc... files do I need for the kernel source.

You'd save yourself a lot of trouble by following the recommended install
procedure (using sysinstall), rather than unpacking the files yourself.
This way, it's quite easy to select the proper distributions for your needs.

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