Linux Compatibility and Folding@Home

[Q]

On Sat, 2004-01-10 at 20:36, Loren M. Lang wrote:
> I was trying to run a Linux program called Folding at Home in FreeBSD, but
> it doesn't seem to want to load.  I have a version compiled for
> glibc 2.2 I believe, but when I run it in bsd, I get the error message:
> 
> ELF binary type "0" not known.
> Abort trap

I have never tried this particular program, so I can't say if it will
work for sure, but I see no reason why it shouldn't. Try doing an
'brandelf -t Linux <file>' and run it again. This will let FreeBSD know
that it's a Linux binary.

> That was using version 3.x of F at H.  They also have a glibc 2.3 version,
> but that also fails:
> 
> ./FAH3Console-LinuxB.exe: /lib/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.3' not found
> (required by ./FAH3Console-LinuxB.exe)

If you need glibc 2.3 then you need to install the
'emulation/linux_base-8' port, this is the equivalent to a RedHat 8 base
system, rather than the RedHat 7 base you have installed now.

Seeya...Q