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Subject: Re: Enabling linux compatibility
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>>When I installed my system, it asked if I wanted to enable linux
>>compatibility, and I said no. Now I think I may need it, and am
>>wondering if I need to do anything special to enable it, other than
>>setting
>>
>>linux_enable="YES"
>>
>>in /etc/rc.conf.
> 
> You will need to install one of the "linux-base" packages from ports.  the
> plain vanilla one is the most stable in my experience...

Thanks!

	-ste