Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 09:24:49 -0400 (EDT) From: Kenneth Wayne Culver <culverk@wam.umd.edu> To: Nathan Vidican <webmaster@wmptl.com> Cc: troy@picus.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Solaris binaries on FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0006290923260.9768-100000@rac10.wam.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <395B457E.90694112@wmptl.com>
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I know FreeBSD supposedly runs solaris binaries, but I have not tried it. (The only solaris boxes I have around are UltraSPARC boxes, not x86) I guess it couldn't hurt to give it a go yourself though. On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, Nathan Vidican wrote: > Troy Settle wrote: > > > > All, > > > > How viable would it be to run Solaris x86 binaries on a FreeBSD box? > > > > Would I be better served running Solaris sparc binaries on OpenBSD? > > > > The specific application in question, is Netcool. The other biggie would be > > Oracle. > > > > I ask because after a few months working off and on with Solaris, I'm *NOT* > > impressed. > > > > TIA, > > > > -- > > Troy Settle > > Network Analyst > > Picus Communications > > 540.633.6327 > > > > It's always a long day... 86400 doesn't fit into a short > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > Don't know about the Solaris x86 binaries under FreeBSD, but I've just > finished installing OpenBSD 2.7 onto a few Sparcstations, I'll let you > know how it runs if you want? (Our software mostly Solaris/sparc > binaries for CAD applications). > > > -- > Nathan Vidican > webmaster@wmptl.com > Windsor Match Plate & Tool Ltd. > http://www.wmptl.com/ > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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