question about linprocfs

[Frank Steinborn]

Alex Ballantine wrote:
> We have a apache server with most of the latest programs on it
> except java,
> so when I tried to install it everything went fine until it came up
> with
>
>                         "===>  Building for jdk-1.5.0p3
>
> ERROR: You must have LINPROCFS mounted beforenprocfs linprocfs
> /compat/linux/pr
>
> You may do it with the following commands:
>
> # kldload linprocfs
> and
> # mount -t linprocfs linprocfs /compat/linux/proc

[...]

> When ever I type in either of those command it just gives me errors
> back eg.
> Kldload is unknown command yet kldstat works and the other line told
> me that
> linprocfs doesn't exist. Which I found out is not in the linux/proc/
> folder.

kldload linprocfs && mount -t linprocfs linprocfs /compat/linux/proc
does really not work? Make sure to use kldload (and not Kldload - UNIX
is case sensitive) BEFORE mount, then mount.

HTH,
Frank