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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!sgigate.sgi.com!wetware!wsrcc.com!news.orst.edu!news.uidaho.edu!usenet From: "Faried Nawaz" <fn@uidaho.edu> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD Followup-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Date: 03 Dec 1995 20:15:12 -0800 Organization: People's Front Against WWW Lines: 16 Sender: nawaz921@waldrog.cs.uidaho.edu Distribution: world Message-ID: <imspj1jwhb.fsf@waldrog.cs.uidaho.edu> References: <489kuu$rbo@pelican.cs.ucla.edu> <48ajue$3h6@muirwood.convex.com> <poulosioDI20sJ.5vz@netcom.com> <48buod$cue@solaria.cc.gatech.edu> <poulosioDIFAnC.ECw@netcom.com> <4972bn$psq@bell.maths.tcd.ie> <49ijf9$9rc@tombstone.kent.edu> <30BD2617.23585C28@mcs.net> <49lf9j$it5@park.uvsc.edu> <49lmm8$qvn@bell.maths.tcd.ie> Reply-To: fn@uidaho.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: waldrog.cs.uidaho.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: September Gnus v0.15 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.advocacy:29719 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:10041 comp.unix.advocacy:11910 comp.unix.misc:19936 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:8930 In article <49lmm8$qvn@bell.maths.tcd.ie> tim@maths.tcd.ie (Timothy Murphy) writes: $ >FreeBSD can run Linux binaries. $ $ How? 1 recompile your kernel with options COMPAT_LINUX 2 install the kernel and reboot 3 load the linux lkm (is this necessary? not sure) 4 install the linux libraries in /compat/linux/ (a port does this for you) 5 run the binaries. i believe this only works for certain a.out-type binaries -- QMAGIC or ZMAGIC, can't remember.