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Subject: Re: enable linux compatibility
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On Friday 28 January 2005 13:39, saravanan ganapathy wrote:
> Hai
>
> I tried to enable linux compatibility on my freebsd
> (5.3 Release)kernel by adding 'options COMPAT_LINUX'
> in my kernel config file and recompiled the kernel
> using this file.But even after, this is not enabled.
>
> kldstat o/p shows as
>
> # kldstat
> Id Refs Address    Size     Name
>  1    3 0xc0400000 5ef620   kernel
>  2   14 0xc09f0000 537f0    acpi.ko
>
> The 'linux' command also not found.
>
> What may be the problem?
>
> Sarav

You need linux_enable="YES" in rc.conf at least. I can't remember if there is 
more to do. I'm sure someone else can help.

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/Xian

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