Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 00:01:15 -0800 From: Tim Traver <tt-list@simplenet.com> To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Running i386 scripts in 5.3 Message-ID: <42217E4B.10102@simplenet.com>
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Hi all, ok, I have read a bunch of the posts on the subject, and it seems like a fairly complicated subject. I have recently purchased a Tyan Dual Opteron machine that I am pretty happy with so far. I have FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE for amd64 installed, and it is running good. However, I didn't realize that there are several binaries that I need to run that are i386 binaries, and there is no way for me to re-compile them. I've tried the /usr/src/tools/lib32/build32.sh script, and although it appeared to work, there were many wanrings. When trying to run my binaries, it get core dumps. Is there a better way to do this ? or should I just recompile the kernel using i386 to be sure ? If I go the route of making the operating system i386, what am I really losing in the way of performance ? And is there a roadmap to get a nice clean method for running i386 binaries ? what about i386 binaries from 4.x ? I just wanted to post this question before I went ahead and basically rebult the system, just in case there was an easy way of doing this. I hate to get a cutting edge 64 bit system and have to run it in full 32 bit mode... Thanks, Tim.
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