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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


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