Re: Compile Kernel Question

From: Subhro (subhro.kar_at_gmail.com)
Date: 10/31/05

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    To: Lonnie Cumberland <lonnie@outstep.com>
    
    

    Lonnie Cumberland sat at his 'puter and typed on 11/1/2005 3:05:
    > Greetings All,
    >
    > I am new to FreeBSD but have a lot of Linux experience so I think that
    > the migration should not be too difficult.
    >
    > The reason that I am investigating FreeBSD is because I hear that it
    > performs GREAT under heavy loads and many larger ISP are using it
    > without fail. In my experience, Linux, although a great OS, seems to
    > bog down under heavy loading. I could be wrong though and it could
    > have just been to misconfiguration on my part.
    >
    > Well, I have a base installation of FreeBSD 4.11 which is needed for a
    > particular project but now need to compile the kernel to support QUOTA's.
    >
    > My question is how do I install the sources over the web so that I can
    > compile the kernel to support quotas?
    >
    > The FreeBSD docs tell a little, but mostly assume that you have the
    > sources already on the system to compile which I do not have and need
    > to download them.
    >
    > If some one could please give me a little guidance then I would
    > greatly appreciate it.
    >
    > Thanks in advance,
    > Lonnie
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    Did you have a look at the handbook? Read through the chapter which
    describes about building your own kernel and world.

    http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/

    Thanks
    S.

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