Re: Re (2): Linux emulation with actual Linux installation?

[jmitchel%bigjar.com@localhost]

> In Message <171057138.40965.39832@heaviside.invalid>,
>    peasthope@shaw.cawrote:
>
> =>The Linux system acts as an application invoked by NetBSD?
> =>Interesting concept.  Is this documented?  Is it too trivial
> =>for documentation?
>
>    Not if you mean the Linux kernel is running under NetBSD. NetBSD
> detects Linux applications and emulates Linux system calls for them.
> So you have Linux binaries and shared libraries invoking the NetBSD
> kernel. You can read the compat_linux man page, or
>
>       http://www.netbsd.org/docs/guide/en/chap-linux.html
>
> for more information.
>
>    Enjoy...
>
>                                       Gary Duzan
>
Out of curiosity would chroot /path_to_linux_partition/ work? Has anyone
tried it?

Jason M.