Hello Mario, On Sat, Sep 25, 2021 at 7:43 AM Mario Marietto <marietto2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Why not using a virtualized linux os with qemu accelerated with nvmm,instead > of using compat_linux ? > > Il giorno sab 25 set 2021 alle ore 06:27 Riza Dindir <riza.din...@gmail.com> > ha scritto: >> >> Hello All, >> >> I am adding compat_linux (linux emulation) to my system (NetBSD 9.2). >> I have a couple of questions. >> >> The first question is this. In the manual page, it says that I need to >> mount the procfs using the /etc/fstab file. But in that file I have >> already an entry for the procfs as such >> >> procfs /proc procfs rw >> >> But in the manual page for compat_linux it says that I need to do this >> >> procfs /emul/linux/procfs procfs ro,linux >> >> It does make it readonly I believe and also changes the path to the >> /proc directory. Would that be a problem? >> >> Another question would be this. When I get information on the >> suse_base package (pkg_info suse_base) It says that I should change >> the tmpfs entry in the /etc/fstab from >> >> tmpfs /var/sh tmpfs rw,-m1777,-sram%25 >> >> to this >> >> tmpfs /emul/linux//var/sh tmpfs rw,-m1777 >> >> Would I need to change this, and would it cause any problems? >> >> Although in the documentation it says that any file operations done by >> linux applications will go to the /emul/linux directory first to find >> the file, then look in the original location. >> >> Would it be better to leave the fstab intact, not changing it and >> running linux applications? >> >> Regards, >> Riza > > > > -- > Mario.
I do not want to use an emulator and install linux on a virtual machine. I could have done that on windows using virtualbox, or some other virtualization (hyper-v or something). But I think if I can run linux with compat-linux, it would be better. Regards, Riza
