From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 10 15:13:51 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D17216A401 for ; Sat, 10 Feb 2007 15:13:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pietro.cerutti@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.174]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0245013C461 for ; Sat, 10 Feb 2007 15:13:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pietro.cerutti@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 71so148400ugh for ; Sat, 10 Feb 2007 07:13:49 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=EBl5yOELfG5f7wxoZVSeSSN1IfOZAMdkNDwhEG2HyBODzdzj4KjXl6vJvYA7nnXLx/uhxoen5+zu22LA0Y86DpE8snMLDPvWVr6xdVx9WD0RIJ+4FODFW6Skkb+6TgdPVdWIOoJcmtgSalj/hYbQj3pWV2S3ge87j7jaZUkaNh8= Received: by 10.66.225.1 with SMTP id x1mr9933063ugg.1171120429563; Sat, 10 Feb 2007 07:13:49 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.67.23.8 with HTTP; Sat, 10 Feb 2007 07:13:49 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 16:13:49 +0100 From: "Pietro Cerutti" To: "Matt Kitche Donovan" In-Reply-To: <45CD2BA5.4000706@reddphoenix.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <45CD2BA5.4000706@reddphoenix.com> Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Complete environment on top of /compat/linux X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 15:13:51 -0000 On 2/10/07, Matt Kitche Donovan wrote: > Pietro Cerutti wrote: > > Hi list, > > I'm starting off a new job where I'll be forced to work in a GNU/Linux > > environment, and I thought that maybe there exists some way to just > > chroot in /compat/linux and have a complete GNU/Linux environment at > > disposal, without the need for a dual booting setup. > > > > Any experiences or advices on doing such a thing? > > > > Thanx in advance! > > > yes I chroot into /compat/linux all the time just make sure that you > kldload linux first to make sure it's loaded first. Yes, thanx. The problem is that just chroot'ing into /compat/linux doesn't provides you with a complete linux environment... how does one add packages and stuff to achieve a full operating (development) environment? Thank you in advance, -- Pietro Cerutti ICQ: 117293691 PGP: 0x9571F78E - ASCII Ribbon Campaign - against HTML e-mail and proprietary attachments www.asciiribbon.org