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Date:      30 Jan 2005 16:48:39 -0500
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: enable linux compatibility
Message-ID:  <44pszmd1vs.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <200501302004.56711.freebsdbeni@spymac.com>
References:  <20050129053412.24839.qmail@web51704.mail.yahoo.com> <20050129100410.GA22972@lothlorien.nagual.st> <44mzus1eai.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <200501302004.56711.freebsdbeni@spymac.com>

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FreeBsdBeni <freebsdbeni@spymac.com> writes:

> On Saturday 29 January 2005 15:49, Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> > Dick Hoogendijk <dick@nagual.st> writes:
> > > On 29 Jan Thomas Foster wrote:
> > > > Try downloading a linux binary or installing a linux based application
> > > > from ports.. if you do not get any elf binary errors then yo umost
> > > > likely have the linux compatibility enabled correctly.  The only other
> > > > thing to watch for are any programs that might require linprocfs
> > >
> 
> Don't you have to add a line to your /etc/fstab as well to enable/use the 
> linprocfs ?

Only if you need it.  Most programs I've used under FreeBSD's Linux
emulation do *not* access procfs.  Building the Linux JDK is the only
time I ever needed it, and once I've got the native JDK built, I can
umount the procfs again.



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