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Date:      Fri, 26 Apr 1996 16:40:50 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
To:        Toshihiro Kanda <candy@fct.kgc.co.jp>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: SCO binary compatibility?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960426164034.5439N-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199604260227.LAA04766@xxx.fct.kgc.co.jp>

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On Fri, 26 Apr 1996, Toshihiro Kanda wrote:

>  My `uname -srm' is "FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE i386".
> 
>   /usr/share/doc/handbook/handbook.ascii says "Binary compatibility
> with many programs built for SCO,..."  But when I tried to run SCO
> binary(file(1) tells it is an `80386 COFF executable'), FreeBSD run it
> as a shell script.  So it failed by syntax error :-(
> 
>   Why can't I run the binary?  Any kernel options needed?

No, but you need to turn it on in /etc/sysconfig.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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