On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 3:52 AM, Brett Wiggins<[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > >> >> Depending on what you want to do with "accessing the source code", >> it may be valid to say that you can leave out scontrib, but as >> far as I remember, it will be needed for building things from the >> source code (make vuildworld and buildkernel). > > I want to be able to read and compile the source. I have looked at > ftp://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/i386/ > > but am unable to find an iso and am not sure how to make a iso or > install cd from what is provided. I have installed the system minus > scontrib and it boots ok. Would I be able to get the full source from > the ftp-archive, exctract it to my FreeBSD system and then re-build and > install the system? >
Since it has booted fine, you can also obtain the source from the SVN tree[1], assuming you can get devel/subversion to build on such an old version. [1] - http://svn.freebsd.org/base/release/5.2.0/ -- Glen Barber _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
