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From: j@narcisa.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: kernel sources
Date: 14 Jun 1995 12:19:38 +0200
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Keywords: kernel sources
Anthony Hill <ahill@tulpi.interconnect.com.au> wrote:
>Anyway how do I install them now - I have FTP'd the src directory
from FTP.CDROM.COM, but there is no extract script ! I have has a look
at sysinstall - but it seems that it is going to go for a full
reinstall - destroying everything I already have.
something like
cat src-* | gzip -d -c | (cd /usr; cpio -ivdmu)
First, have a look into the archive for the path names (`ivt' instead
of `ivdmu'). Maybe /usr is the wrong base directory, and you need /
instead.
``src-*'' may vary, depending on the actual name of the files for your
package.
--
cheers, J"org private: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
http://www.sax.de/~joerg/
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)