From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 11 21:52:25 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 79A5716A4CE for ; Thu, 11 Mar 2004 21:52:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from kanga.honeypot.net (kanga.honeypot.net [208.162.254.122]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1C0E43D58 for ; Thu, 11 Mar 2004 21:52:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kirk@strauser.com) Received: from pooh.strauser.com (pooh.honeypot.net [10.0.5.128]) by kanga.honeypot.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i2C5qMZv087934 for ; Thu, 11 Mar 2004 23:52:23 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from kirk@strauser.com) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <49915.204.118.74.216.1079063643.squirrel@mail.alpete.com> From: Kirk Strauser Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 23:52:19 -0600 In-Reply-To: <49915.204.118.74.216.1079063643.squirrel@mail.alpete.com> (Aaron Peterson's message of "Thu, 11 Mar 2004 22:54:03 -0500 (EST)") Message-ID: <87fzceipd8.fsf@strauser.com> Lines: 22 X-Mailer: Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 'clamd / ClamAV version 0.65', clamav-milter version '0.60p' Subject: Re: how does linux emulation work? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 05:52:25 -0000 --=-=-= Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable At 2004-03-12T03:54:03Z, "Aaron Peterson" writes: > it runs chrooted to /compat/linux/ so it uses the linux libraries, and > that's that. No. The binaries are not chrooted. Other than that, you're mostly correct. > 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? For the most part, no, there's not. Be aware that many of your distro's scripts expect to find certain answers from uname, for example, and may not be happy with FreeBSD's emulated answers. =2D-=20 Kirk Strauser "94 outdated ports on the box, 94 outdated ports. Portupgrade one, an hour 'til done, 82 outdated ports on the box." --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBAUVAW5sRg+Y0CpvERAgRyAJsEcwi16Fto7x7pFo8se9jBSp3YXwCgkPXd TC0y9eOmNlqLt8e8EAcF7W8= =AdDB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--