From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 11 19:51:15 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4887716A4CE for ; Thu, 11 Mar 2004 19:51:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from ex-nihilo-llc.com (ex-nihilo-llc.com [206.114.147.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 165FA43D3F for ; Thu, 11 Mar 2004 19:51:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from aaron@alpete.com) Received: from mail.alpete.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ex-nihilo-llc.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 6F81611E for ; Thu, 11 Mar 2004 22:54:03 -0500 (EST) Received: from 204.118.74.216 (SquirrelMail authenticated user aaron@alpete.com) by mail.alpete.com with HTTP; Thu, 11 Mar 2004 22:54:03 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <49915.204.118.74.216.1079063643.squirrel@mail.alpete.com> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 22:54:03 -0500 (EST) From: "Aaron Peterson" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal Subject: how does linux emulation work? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: aaron@alpete.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 03:51:15 -0000 I'm under the impression that linux.ko provides linux kernel emulation, and linux binary base libraries are installed in /compat/linux/ for linux binaries to use in linux emulation mode. when you execute a linux binary (recognized by branding in the binary) it runs chrooted to /compat/linux/ so it uses the linux libraries, and that's that. is there more too it than that? is there any reason i cant copy my distro of choice from a fresh installation into /compat/linux/, load linux.ko and be on my way with it? aaron