Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2004 12:33:32 +1000 From: Tim Robbins <tjr@freebsd.org> To: "Conrad J. Sabatier" <conrads@cox.net> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: linux base for amd64 must be Slackware? Message-ID: <20040906023332.GA99335@cat.robbins.dropbear.id.au> In-Reply-To: <20040905211319.234725bc@dolphin.local.net> References: <20040905211319.234725bc@dolphin.local.net>
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On Sun, Sep 05, 2004 at 09:13:19PM -0500, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote: > Is there any particular reason why the website describing setting up > Linux emulation for amd64 recommends using Slackware as the base? Will > any of the linux_base* ports work instead? At the time it was written, the ports collection had not been updated to deal with 32-bit Linux emulation on amd64, and Slackware was the easiest to get started with. I assume the linux_base port works on amd64 after David O'Brien's recent change, but I haven't gotten around to testing it yet -- if it works, I'll update the web page suggesting that people use it instead of tediously installing Slackware by hand. Tim
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