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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Install source for kernel after FreeBSD installed
Date: 10 Dec 1995 16:48:21 GMT
Organization: Private BSD site, Dresden
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binhdo@cs.ubc.ca (Binh Do) writes:
> Hi there. After installing FreeBSD I realized that I have to recompile
> kernel as I have PS/2 mouse. I cannot cd to /sys as I did not install
> source for kernel. How can I install it now without going from
> scratch.

cd /cdrom/dists/src
cat ssys* | (cd /usr; tar -xvzf -)

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)