Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 12:29:32 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Shawn Ramsey <shawn@luke.cpl.net> Cc: chaos@tgci.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Excite using BSDI or Linux emulation Message-ID: <19970826122932.64429@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970825132739.2163A-100000@luke.cpl.net>; from Shawn Ramsey on Mon, Aug 25, 1997 at 01:29:17PM -0700 References: <199708251917.MAA11361@train.tgci.com> <Pine.BSF.3.95.970825132739.2163A-100000@luke.cpl.net>
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On Mon, Aug 25, 1997 at 01:29:17PM -0700, Shawn Ramsey wrote: >> One of my users d/l'ed the BSDI version of Excite. Do I need to do >> anything special to use the BSDI version of Excite on fbsd 2.2.2-R? >> Should I use Linux emulation instead? Any pros or cons for bsdi vs >> linux? >> >> I know how to enable Linux emulation, but a (very) quick look >> at the docs didn't turn up anything on bsdi emulation. Do I need to >> build a new kernel for bsdi? > > Nothing special needs to be done for BSDI emulation, and all the BSD's are > somewhat compatible with each other. I know BSDI can run at least some > FreeBSD binaries, and FreeBSD can run NetBSD binaries, and probably > OpenBSD as well. Unfortunately, this is no longer completely true. Version 3.0 of BSD/OS apparently uses ELF binaries, which FreeBSD doesn't understand (yet). On the other hand, there is almost perfect compatibility with BSD/OS a.out binaries (the old standard, and the one that most software is probably still produced in). Greg
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