Date: Sat, 4 Sep 1999 10:55:56 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com> To: David Scheidt <dscheidt@tumbolia.com> Cc: Marty C <lalala@globalserve.net>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: UNIX compatibility Message-ID: <19990904105556.B58001@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96.990904104903.32493A-100000@shell-3.enteract.com> References: <37D138FD.CB42BD91@globalserve.net> <Pine.NEB.3.96.990904104903.32493A-100000@shell-3.enteract.com>
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In the last episode (Sep 04), David Scheidt said: > On Sat, 4 Sep 1999, Marty C wrote: > > > I downloaded UIM/X for Solaris4.0-GNU (whatever that might > > be)... bash says "unable to execute binary". Is FreeBSD in any way > > compatible with Solaris? > > Not at a binary level, no. There is an svr4 module in (at least) -current, that is supposed to be able to run Solaris/x86 binaries. I don't know how complete the emulation is, but it can't hurt to try it out. Installation instructions are at http://www.freebsd.org/~newton/freebsd-svr4 -- Dan Nelson dnelson@emsphone.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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