Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 12:04:08 +0400 From: "Andrew P." <infofarmer@gmail.com> To: K Anderson <freebsduser@comcast.net> Cc: Antoine Solomon <asolomon15@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: about linux emulation Message-ID: <cb5206420510050104x73fc1cc8k942e5a618ca4c7a8@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <001701c5c955$42b1d140$0c64a8c0@opteron> References: <ec79d7610510040714o41da617er601f6f58c41007f2@mail.gmail.com> <001701c5c955$42b1d140$0c64a8c0@opteron>
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On 10/5/05, K Anderson <freebsduser@comcast.net> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Antoine Solomon" <asolomon15@gmail.com> > To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 7:14 AM > Subject: about linux emulation > > > Is it possible to chroot into a fully functional linux environment on > freebsd? > > -- > Hi Antoine, > > I don't know if this fully answers your question as I barely understand t= he > chroot process myself. I wanted to install Coldfusion on FreeBSD (Ain't > gonna work but I tried). First it complained about FreeBSD not being > supported so I'm like yah so. But what next? I was putzing around somepla= ce > and found something that went in the lines like this > > chroot /compat/linux/ /bin/bash > > And to my surprise I was chrooted. I then re-ran the install process for > Coldfusion and it didn't complain until the very end where it said can't > find 'ps' and some other little gizmo (I think it was top). I was bummed > because it seems that ps and top are not part of the linux emulation. > Admittedly I'm using linux_base-rh-7.3. But anyway I was chrooted. One la= st > thing in the path there is also a linux chroot. So my guess is that you > could chroot with success but wont know until you use some application th= at > requires some missing element, in my case 'ps' and 'top.' > > Hope that helps. > > ~Mr. Anderson > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" > Hmm. I was wondering if one could make FC4/RHEL environment running in a jail/chroot on FreeBSD. I'm sure that 80% of linux programs would run almost without a hitch. Just imagine it: virtual linux box 0wn3d by FreeBSD :-) If someone knows about a how-to, please post it.
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