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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!inquo!in-news.erinet.com!ddsw1!news.mcs.net!newspump.sol.net!howland.erols.net!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!news.u.washington.edu!root From: "Steven G. Kargl" <kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: how to make linux & freebsd share elf bin Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 10:11:05 -0700 Organization: Applied Physics Lab Lines: 24 Message-ID: <326D0029.41C67EA6@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> References: <54igkb$j44@prometheus.acsu.buffalo.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: troutmask.apl.washington.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2-961004-SNAP i386) Patrick Leung wrote: > > Hi, > I have both freebsd and linux installed. I like to install a lot > of programs in elf format. I'm aware that freebsd can run linux binaries > in elf format. I want to be able to access the programs from > both linux and freebsd. The problem is freebsd and linux can't mount each > other's filesystems (ufs vs. ext2fs). I know that both freebsd and linux > can mount msdosfs, but it's inefficient and I don't want to do that. > Is there perhaps a better way?? It doesn't make too much sense to > install the same programs two times, especailly if I plan to install > several hundred meg of software. > All suggestions are welcome. Since you are talking about running elf binaries, then I assume you are running FreeBSD-current (possibly one of the 2.2-SNAPs). man mount_ext2fs -- Steve finger kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu http://troutmask.apl.washington.edu/~kargl/sgk.html