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From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org>
To: Nathan Vidican <nvidican@wmptl.com>
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Subject: Re: Linux emulation on amd64, possible yet? ... plausible?
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On Mon, Jun 27, 2005 at 01:32:04PM -0400, Nathan Vidican wrote:
> MSG In-short: what is, or where do I find info on, the current status of
> linux binary compatability on FreeBSD/amd64 platform

32-bit x86 Linux binaries should run just fine on FreeBSD/AMD64 5.4 or
later.  You will have to install the linux_base port.  For FreeBSD 5.4
you need to install the 32-bit libs thru a 'make world'.  Later versions
will have them offered by Sysinstall.

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-- David  (obrien@FreeBSD.org)