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From: Donald Burr <d_burr@ix.netcom.com>
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To: James Raynard <fqueries@parody.tecc.co.uk>
Cc: Marty Leisner <leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com>,
        John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org>, questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Linux Emulator 
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On Wed, 13 Dec 1995, James Raynard wrote:

> On Mon, 11 Dec 1995, Marty Leisner wrote:
> 
> > Hmm...I already have a linux system available...what
> > do I use to configure the kernel (should GENERIC be 
> > profusely commented?  I also have the handbook, and didn't
> > see a mention of linux in it...)
> 
> LINT is supposed to have every possibility in it, but apparently one
> or two have slipped through the cracks...
> 
> Actually I used the documentation that came with Doom (purely for
> research purposes, of course 8-). LINUX_COMPAT is the kernel option 
> you need. There's also a kernel module that needs to be loaded (as 
> root), once you have rebooted with your new kernel:-
> 
> modload -e linux_init /lkm/linux_mod.o

OK, I've done this, but I always get:

Bus error (core dumped)

whenever I try running a Linux binary.  Any ideas?

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