Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 08:22:23 -0400 (EDT) From: Jeremy Sigmon <jsigmon@www.hsc.wvu.edu> To: Mark Ovens <100104.10@CompuServe.COM> Cc: questions <questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Building a Linux compatible kernel - How ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960716081947.6978A-100000@www.hsc.wvu.edu> In-Reply-To: <960715214909_100104.10_EHQ37-1@CompuServe.COM>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
I installed it from the ports section.
In my /usr/bin there is a file called linux
When I run it (as root...) it installs the linux emulator.
The file is also present in my /usr/src/lkm/linux/ directory.
I hope this helps your find it.
======================================================================
Jeremy Sigmon B.S. ChE |
WebSerf of the Robert C. Byrd Health |
Sciences Center of West Virginia University | This Space For Rent
WWW.HSC.WVU.EDU |
Graduate Student in Computer Science |
Office : 293-1060 |
On 15 Jul 1996, Mark Ovens wrote:
> I am trying, without success, to build a FreeBSD kernel with Linux
> compatibility.
>
> I have installed the package linux_lib-1.0 which seems to come with only
> the following brief instructions :-
>
> These libraries are part of the linux compatibility options
> for FreeBSD. To get linux compat working you will need
>
> 1) A linux binary such as doom, Wingz, or maple
>
> 2) a kernel with ``options LINUX_COMPAT'' in the config file
>
> 3) these libraries
>
> 4) the linux compat lkm (ie run /usr/bin/linux)
>
> then run the linux binary.
>
> I added the "LINUX_COMPAT" option to the config file, I also tried
> "COMPAT_LINUX" as other options which include "COMPAT" are of the format
> "COMPAT_xxxxx", but in both cases the Makefile produced contained no reference
> to "linux", except for the options line.
>
> I would expect the build to include some or all of the files in
> /usr/src/sys/i386/linux.
>
> Also, the instruction 4), " the linux compat lkm (ie run /usr/bin/linux)"
> is puzzling me. There is no file called "linux" in /usr/bin, or anywhere else on
> my system (there is an executable "linux_mod" but that just produces the error
> "Exec format error. Wrong Architecture" which all Linux programs seem to give.
>
> I am at a loss as to how to make it all work.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Regards,
> Mark Ovens (100104.10@compuserve.com)
>
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.BSF.3.91.960716081947.6978A-100000>