From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 11 09:19:06 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CA3F106564A for ; Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:19:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jonathan+freebsd-questions@hst.org.za) Received: from hermes.hst.org.za (onix.hst.org.za [209.203.2.133]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D4008FC0C for ; Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:19:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jonathan+freebsd-questions@hst.org.za) Received: from sysadmin.hst.org.za (sysadmin.int.dbn.hst.org.za [10.1.1.20]) (authenticated bits=0) by hermes.hst.org.za (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m6B9G6tq082467 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:16:06 +0200 (SAST) (envelope-from jonathan+freebsd-questions@hst.org.za) From: Jonathan McKeown Organization: Health Systems Trust To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:19:20 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.7.2 References: <200807090858.38386.jonathan@hst.org.za> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200807111119.21028.jonathan+freebsd-questions@hst.org.za> X-Spam-Score: -4.374 () ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.61 on 209.203.2.133 Subject: Re: Install Linux in FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:19:06 -0000 On Friday 11 July 2008 05:29, Ruel Luchavez wrote: [running Linux in a VM on FreeBSD] > > Did you read section 10 of the Handbook - Linux Binary Compatibility? > > Yes I read it Jonathan, Im newbie in BSD...regarding on my post is it > possible? > or Do you have any link so that i could much understand it aside from > freebsd handbook? I haven't played with it at all - others (who have) may be able to help you more than I can: I'm just going by the documentation. As I understand it, FreeBSD will run most Linux binaries natively, as long as you install a suitable Linux environment (libraries etc). The easiest way to do this is to install a Linux version from ports (probably emulators/linux_base-f8 which will install a basic Fedora 8) which will create /compat/linux. You then install your Linux software in the usual way. I suspect you'll receive better offers of help if you start this process and then let the list know where you break down. Jonathan