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Date:      Mon, 27 May 2002 21:29:19 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Mark Smith <msmith@beta.tricity.wsu.edu>
To:        jerry_murdock@yahoo.com (Jerry Murdock)
Cc:        msmith@beta.tricity.wsu.edu (Mark Smith), freebsd-questions@freebsd.org (freebsd-questions@freebsd.org)
Subject:   Re: bynari with linux emulation?
Message-ID:  <200205280429.VAA04066@beta.tricity.wsu.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20020528033301.39572.qmail@web14605.mail.yahoo.com> from "Jerry Murdock" at May 27, 2002 08:33:01 PM

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> > I downloaded it and am looking at it...  They don't use the linux
> > RPM installation stuff.  Nope, it's basicly a tarball.  I'm not sure I
> > like that trying to run with linux emulation.  I may pull it apart and
> > see what makes it tick.
> > 
> This may be basic, but a few tips to consider if trying to run Linux based
> install scripts I've learned from getting some linux stuff working...
> 
> 1: They may be looking for Redhat style rc.d/init.d directory structures, which
> you may need to create.
> 2: Run any install scripts using the linux sh.
> 3: Make sure you have the linux versions installed of any utilities needed by
> the scripts.  If not, something like "cat" may dump info in (or look in) /path
> instead of /compat/linux/path. 
> 
> I usually start off with a copy of the linux sh with the path set explicitly to
> the "/compat/linux/..." variants so that hopefully the fbsd versions won't be
> found.  
> 
> Scripts that hard code paths can still grab the FBSD versions though.  

The hard coded paths problem is what I'm worried about.  

I guess I'll just have to dump the system to tape.  Not like that's
a bad thing. ;)

Mark
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