From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Jul 5 01:37:18 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id BAA00643 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 5 Jul 1996 01:37:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nike.efn.org (gurney_j@garcia.efn.org [198.68.17.5]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id BAA00636 for ; Fri, 5 Jul 1996 01:37:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost.efn.org [127.0.0.1]) by nike.efn.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id BAA00666; Fri, 5 Jul 1996 01:37:31 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 5 Jul 1996 01:37:29 -0700 (PDT) From: John-Mark Gurney Reply-To: John-Mark Gurney To: Andrzej Bialecki cc: FreeBSD hackers Subject: Re: running Linux ELF bins In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 5 Jul 1996, Andrzej Bialecki wrote: > > Hi all, > > I wonder if it's possible to run Linux ELF binaries under FreeBSD. There > is a linux_libs in port collection, but I'm not sure if it allows to run > QMAGIC only, ELF 32 only, or both. There is virtually no documentation in > handbook and FAQs concerning this issue... if you are running -current and you get the linux ELF binaries you can... I'm running quake over here with 2.2-960323-SNAP... just needed to get the elf binaries from a (wierd) friend of mine that is running linux... it runs quite nicely... if you would like I would be willing to send you the libs.... > Andy > > PS. I'm not so curious by myself - I have some binaries that I _must_ > run, but I don't want to install Linux for that, you know .... ;-> know what you mean :) John-Mark gurney_j@efn.org http://resnet.uoregon.edu/~gurney_j/ Modem/FAX: (541) 683-6954 (FreeBSD Box) Live in Peace, destroy Micro$oft, support free software, run FreeBSD (unix)