Running i386 binaries on amd64

[Joseph Koshy]

> I have just installed FreeBSD-6.1-R on an athlon64 box, which is my
> first ever experience with amd. I was under the impression that the
> amd64 machines could run binaries built for the i386, but I'm not
> having much luck with the system as it is now.

What are the symptoms you see?

> Am I trying to do something that can't be done? Or is there some magic
> that I need to apply first?

You need 'COMPAT_IA32' compiled into the kernel, but this should
be part of the default GENERIC kernel.

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