Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 10:34:43 +0100 From: "Karel J. Bosschaart" <karelj@wop21.wop.wtb.tue.nl> To: Roelof Osinga <roelof@eboa.com> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4.2 Bummer Light (tm): Linux Message-ID: <20001123103443.A3275@wop21.wop.wtb.tue.nl> In-Reply-To: <3A1CA13C.903A24D3@eboa.com>; from roelof@eboa.com on Thu, Nov 23, 2000 at 05:46:52AM %2B0100 References: <3A1CA13C.903A24D3@eboa.com>
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On Thu, Nov 23, 2000 at 05:46:52AM +0100, Roelof Osinga wrote: > I don't know quite how to bring this gently. So I'll just tell > it as I saw it: > > I was installing the released 4.2 when it became to decide whether > or not to install Linux. I declined the offer, not wanting to overdo > things. Next morning there was the question about ports. Again I > declined. This seemed to somewhat upset the system since it > responded with "a signal 11 was caught...". > Hm, signal 11 are often signs of bad hardware. > Mind you, all was installed and the Linux was even check in the > /stand/sysinstall menu! So now I'm wondering whether or not it > was indeed installed. Type 'kldstat' and see if linux.ko is listed. Type 'ls /var/db/pkg' and see if linux_base-6.1 is listed as a directory there. If both can be answered with yes, linux mode is enabled and should be working on your machine. Have a look at '/etc/rc.conf' and if you see 'linux_enable="YES"' as one of the lines, linux compat mode will be enabled immediately after booting. Karel. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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