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Date:      Mon, 8 Jan 1996 08:51:44 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
To:        Tony Harverson <tony@hornet.netac.co.za>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Linux_Emu
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960108084808.1513B-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199601080626.IAA07632@hornet.netac.co.za>

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On Mon, 8 Jan 1996, Tony Harverson wrote:

> Sorry to post *another* query on this, but searching the archives on
> www seems to yeild nothing to help me at this point in time...

It's OK, I just went though this...:-)

> I've got the linux emu module loaded into my kernel :
> EXEC      3   4 f0f42000 0018 f0f47000   1 linux_emulator
> 
> yet, when I try to run any linux binary (even the copy of ld.so
> supplied with the linux libs) I get this :
> 
> hornet:/compat/linux/lib[17] ./ld.so
> ./ld.so: Exec format error. Wrong Architecture.
> hornet:/compat/linux/lib[18] 

You can't run a library.  You need a program to run, like xDoom.  :-)

Off-the-top-of-my-head checklist:

1.  Correct executable type?  (FBSD only does ZMAGIC; check with 
`file <prog>') 

2.  options COMAPT_LINUX and options LINUX_COMPAT in kernel?

3.  Fresh kernel source?

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@gladstone.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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