From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Apr 26 17:46:30 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA14555 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 26 Apr 1996 17:46:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from vent.pipex.net (root@vent.pipex.net [158.43.128.5]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA14543 for ; Fri, 26 Apr 1996 17:46:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dial.pipex.com by vent.pipex.net (8.6.12/PIPEX simple 1.20) id BAA05911; Sat, 27 Apr 1996 01:46:21 +0100 Received: (from jraynard@localhost) by dial.pipex.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id AAA03726; Sat, 27 Apr 1996 00:45:38 GMT Date: Sat, 27 Apr 1996 00:45:38 GMT From: James Raynard Message-Id: <199604270045.AAA03726@dial.pipex.com> To: candy@fct.kgc.co.jp CC: questions@freebsd.org In-reply-to: <199604260227.LAA04766@xxx.fct.kgc.co.jp> (message from Toshihiro Kanda on Fri, 26 Apr 1996 11:27:50 +0900) Subject: Re: SCO binary compatibility? Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >>>>> Toshihiro Kanda writes: > > 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? Not that I know of. Do you have IBCS2 enabled in the last line of /etc/sysconfig, ie # Set to YES if you want ibcs2 (SCO) emulation loaded at startup ibcs2=YES Cheers James -- James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland mail: jraynard@dial.pipex.com