Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 00:07:06 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> To: "Preston S. Wiley" <pwiley@cadabra.com> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, Mohit Aron <aron@cs.rice.edu>, Dan Feldman <protozoa@locutus.ghs.ssd.k12.wa.us>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD kernel as a replacement for Linux kernel Message-ID: <24919.959152026@localhost> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 23 May 2000 23:52:00 PDT." <Pine.BSF.4.10.10005232335190.83186-100000@freebsd.tesserae.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
> 1. You can run /compat/linux/bin/bash and then you in a sort of > Linux/FreeBSD directory mix. The root directory looks just like your > FreeBSD root, but changing to a directory that is in /compat/linux, like > /bin, will put in the linux tree of this directory, but changing to a > directory that doesn't exist, like /home, will keep you in the FreeBSD Well, what do you know - you're right! :) I learn something new every day. > I've found the Linux emulation on FreeBSD to be one of the best, most > integrated emulation I've ever seen of anything. I've messed around with > it quite a bit and discovered quite a few nifty tricks you can do. I've > never actually tried it, but I think you could probably compile Linux > binaries under FreeBSD by installing the Linux version of gcc and using > it. There used to be a linux-devel port which did exactly this. Don't know what became of it, however.. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?24919.959152026>