----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew P." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "K Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Antoine Solomon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 1:04 AM Subject: Re: about linux emulation
On 10/5/05, K Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Antoine Solomon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 7:14 AM > Subject: about linux emulation > > > Is it possible to chroot into a fully functional linux environment on > freebsd? > > -- > Hi Antoine, > > I don't know if this fully answers your question as I barely understand > the > chroot process myself. I wanted to install Coldfusion on FreeBSD (Ain't > gonna work but I tried). First it complained about FreeBSD not being > supported so I'm like yah so. But what next? I was putzing around > someplace > and found something that went in the lines like this > > chroot /compat/linux/ /bin/bash > > And to my surprise I was chrooted. I then re-ran the install process for > Coldfusion and it didn't complain until the very end where it said can't > find 'ps' and some other little gizmo (I think it was top). I was bummed > because it seems that ps and top are not part of the linux emulation. > Admittedly I'm using linux_base-rh-7.3. But anyway I was chrooted. One > last > thing in the path there is also a linux chroot. So my guess is that you > could chroot with success but wont know until you use some application > that > requires some missing element, in my case 'ps' and 'top.' > > Hope that helps. > > ~Mr. Anderson > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > >Hmm. I was wondering if one could make FC4/RHEL >environment running in a jail/chroot on FreeBSD. I'm >sure that 80% of linux programs would run almost >without a hitch. Just imagine it: virtual linux box >0wn3d by FreeBSD :-) > >If someone knows about a how-to, please post it. Andrew, You could probably test it out by having another primary drive and install FC4. Then back that up on to tape, then boot up FreeBSD then chroot in to the Linux emulation area then untar the FC4 install on top of the emulation. It's a good theory but I'm not privy to the inner workings of the how's and why's of linux emulation on freebsd. ~Mr Anderson _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
