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From: Faried Nawaz <fn@uidaho.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Running linux code on FreeBSD
Date: 19 Nov 1995 03:44:47 -0800
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In article <48cefu$108o@macro.stanford.edu> fchang@macro.stanford.edu (Mystical White Wolf) writes:

$ There is supposed to be a source or package out there that
$ allows FreeBSD users to execute Linux codes.  Some FreeBSD
$ users have used it to run Doom for Linux.  Could someone
$ tell me where to find this package?  And could someone
$ tell me how well it executes Linux codes?

1 recompile your kernel with ``options COMPAT_LINUX"
2 install linux libraries in /compat/linux/lib
3 run `/usr/sbin/linux' before you start up any linux programs.