From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 27 6:55:32 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from wop21.wop.wtb.tue.nl (wop21.wop.wtb.tue.nl [131.155.56.216]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D50AE37B71A for ; Tue, 27 Feb 2001 06:55:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from karelj@wop21.wop.wtb.tue.nl) Received: (from karelj@localhost) by wop21.wop.wtb.tue.nl (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f1REsE319148; Tue, 27 Feb 2001 15:54:14 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from karelj) Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 15:51:33 +0100 From: "Karel J. Bosschaart" To: Nader Turki Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: linux binary Message-ID: <20010227155133.A19092@wop21.wop.wtb.tue.nl> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: ; from nturki@hotmail.com on Tue, Feb 27, 2001 at 09:14:40AM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Feb 27, 2001 at 09:14:40AM -0500, Nader Turki wrote: > hi guys, > > the isp installed me FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE and forgot to enable linux binary > compatibility. so i just did it now by installing the port > /usr/ports/emulators/linux_base .... > > i just wanted to ask if i'm doing the right thing. > You need to do additionally 'kldload linux' to load the linux kernel module. Add 'linux_enable="YES"' to /etc/rc.conf so it will be loaded next time you reboot the machine. Hm, looking at linux_base Makefile, the linux module is already loaded by the port :-). Well, just check your /etc/rc.conf to be sure that 'linux_enable="YES"' is present. Karel. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message