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From: "W Mark Maynard II" <maynardm@poboxes.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Linux/Elf Emulation
Date: 16 Oct 1996 22:11:41 GMT
Organization: DTI Internet Solutions
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Actually, the problem is quite simple: FreeBSD 2.1.5 doesn't support Linux
ELF binaries. It only support the old a.out binaries. But, not to worry,
this feature was added in 2.2, so just get a copy of the lastest 2.2-SNAP
release and you should be on your way.
Hope this helps.
--
Mark Maynard
FreeBSD Systems Administrator
DTI Internet Solutions
Spatanburg, SC, USA
maynardm@POBoxes.com
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The God Of Life <kane@mybutt.com> wrote in article
<32647535.167EB0E7@mybutt.com>...
> Recent projects have brought me to attempt to implement Linux
> emulation on to my server. The primary reason for this is to run XQuake.
> I followed all available literature and manuals on the subject and
> installed the library port as well as recompiled the kernel for "options
> COMPAT_LINUX" and with no avail. Here is some required info.
>
> > uname -v
> FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE #0: Tue Oct 15 02:23:34 CDT 1996
>
> > ls /compat/linux/lib
> ld-linux.so.1 libXaw.so.6 libcurses.so.1.0.0
> ld-linux.so.1.7.3 libXaw.so.6.0 libdl.so.1.7.3
> ld.so libXpm.so.4 libgr.so.1
> libX11.so.3 libXpm.so.4.3 libgr.so.1.3
> libX11.so.3.1.0 libXt.so.3 libm.so.4
> libX11.so.6 libXt.so.3.1.0 libm.so.4.5.26
> libX11.so.6.0 libXt.so.6 libm.so.5.0.0
> libXIE.so.6 libXt.so.6.0 libtermcap.so.2.0.0
> libXIE.so.6.0 libc.so.4 libvga.so.1
> libXaw.so.3 libc.so.4.5.26 libvga.so.1.2.0
> libXaw.so.3.1.0 libc.so.5.0.9
>
> > cat /etc/sysconfig | grep linux
> linux=YES
>
> > modstat
> Type Id Off Loadaddr Size Info Rev Module Name
> EXEC 0 3 f091d000 0018 f0922000 1 linux_emulator
>
> > xquake
> /home/kane/xquake: Exec format error. Wrong Architecture.
>
> If you have any info available on my problem please respond. Am I
> missing ELF compatibility. Is it because of these lines in my kernal
> precompile config?
> machine "i386"
> cpu "I586_CPU"
> or am I just not going to be able to run it. Knowing FreeBSD there
> should be a way.
>
> Thanx
>