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Date:      Tue, 21 Jun 2005 18:44:05 +1200
From:      Mark Kirkwood <markir@paradise.net.nz>
To:        Glenn Dawson <glenn@antimatter.net>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 4.x binaries on a 5.x machine ...
Message-ID:  <42B7B735.9010000@paradise.net.nz>
In-Reply-To: <6.1.0.6.2.20050620232733.07d3ecb0@cobalt.antimatter.net>
References:  <20050621032200.N993@ganymede.hub.org> <6.1.0.6.2.20050620232733.07d3ecb0@cobalt.antimatter.net>

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Glenn Dawson wrote:
> At 11:24 PM 6/20/2005, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> 
>> I'm looking at adding my first 5.x server onto our network, but am 
>> wondering how 'backward compatible' things are still ...
>>
>> Mainly, could I run a 4.x jail'd environment on a 5.x server, or would 
>> I have to upgrade the jail first?
> 
> 
> This option from the GENERIC kernel config in 5.4 would seem to suggest 
> that it would work.... though I haven't tried it myself.
> 
> options         COMPAT_FREEBSD4         # Compatible with FreeBSD4

....And install the 'compat 4.x' distribution onto your 5,x boxes!

Cheers

Mark



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