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Re: Linux emulation: "Inappropriate file type or format" error



In article <20120609062413.GA16114%SDF.ORG@localhost>,
Mayuresh  <mayuresh%acm.org@localhost> wrote:
>I intend to test a few programs under Linux emulation.
>
>I am on NetBSD 6.0 BETA2.
>
>My Linux kernel emulation version reported is 2.6.18.
>
>SuSe seems a preferred distribution in pkgsrc. Version 11.3 is used by
>packages like flash plugin. So I chose a matching distro and downlaoded a
>live CD of SuSe 11.3.
>
>If I mount a copy of the live cd's root system under /emul/linux (or
>elsewhere) and try to run (say) bash from this copy, I get aforementioned
>error.

/emul/linux is special. Try making it point to you cdrom's root.

christos



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