diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/linuxemu/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/linuxemu/chapter.sgml index ed74e35113..ba1120a0f9 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/linuxemu/chapter.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/linuxemu/chapter.sgml @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ @@ -279,12 +279,12 @@ multi on Installing Mathematica - Updated for Mathematica version 4.0 by Murray Stokely - murray@cdrom.com and merged with work by Bojan - Bistrovic bojanb@physics.odu.edu. + Updated for Mathematica version 4.x by &a.murray + and merged with work by Bojan Bistrovic + bojanb@physics.odu.edu. This document describes the process of installing the Linux - version of Mathematica 4.0 onto a FreeBSD system. + version of Mathematica 4.X onto a FreeBSD system. The Linux version of Mathematica runs perfectly under FreeBSD however the binaries shipped by Wolfram need to be branded so that @@ -310,6 +310,14 @@ multi on &prompt.root; brandelf -t Linux /localdir/Files/SystemFiles/Installation/Binaries/Linux/* &prompt.root; cd /localdir/Installers/Linux/ &prompt.root; ./MathInstaller + + Alternatively, you can simply set the default ELF brand + to Linux for all unbranded binaries with the command: + &prompt.root; sysctl -w kern.fallback_elf_brand=3 + + This will make FreeBSD assume that unbranded ELF binaries + use the Linux ABI and so you should be able to run the + installer straight from the CDROM. diff --git a/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/handbook/linuxemu/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/handbook/linuxemu/chapter.sgml index ed74e35113..ba1120a0f9 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/handbook/linuxemu/chapter.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/handbook/linuxemu/chapter.sgml @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ @@ -279,12 +279,12 @@ multi on Installing Mathematica - Updated for Mathematica version 4.0 by Murray Stokely - murray@cdrom.com and merged with work by Bojan - Bistrovic bojanb@physics.odu.edu. + Updated for Mathematica version 4.x by &a.murray + and merged with work by Bojan Bistrovic + bojanb@physics.odu.edu. This document describes the process of installing the Linux - version of Mathematica 4.0 onto a FreeBSD system. + version of Mathematica 4.X onto a FreeBSD system. The Linux version of Mathematica runs perfectly under FreeBSD however the binaries shipped by Wolfram need to be branded so that @@ -310,6 +310,14 @@ multi on &prompt.root; brandelf -t Linux /localdir/Files/SystemFiles/Installation/Binaries/Linux/* &prompt.root; cd /localdir/Installers/Linux/ &prompt.root; ./MathInstaller + + Alternatively, you can simply set the default ELF brand + to Linux for all unbranded binaries with the command: + &prompt.root; sysctl -w kern.fallback_elf_brand=3 + + This will make FreeBSD assume that unbranded ELF binaries + use the Linux ABI and so you should be able to run the + installer straight from the CDROM.