Subject: Re: Direct path to syssrc.tgz
To: Ryan Merrick <freedom@72oot.net>
From: Alex <xela@MIT.EDU>
List: port-i386
Date: 10/07/2002 23:48:24
 
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to build a custom kernel. The Documentation states:
> 
> "7.1. Installing the kernel sources
> 
> You can get the kernel sources from the same source where you got your 
> installed system (for example ftp://ftp.netbsd.org.) Remeber to download 
> the sources for the release you are running.
> 
> Sysinst, the installation program, does not copy the kernel sources to 
> the hard disk, therefore they must be extracted manually. The archive 
> for the kernel sources is in the source/sets directory and is called 
> syssrc.tgz."
> 
> Where is the sources/sets directory in ftp.netbsd.org ?

ftp://ftp.netbsd.org:/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.6/source/sets/

> Can I get an example path for i386.

The source tree is the same for all architectures; that's why
it's "the multi-architecture OS".

---Alex