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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA1213 ; Tue, 23 Feb 93 14:30:29 EST Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!hp9000.csc.cuhk.hk!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!usenet.coe.montana.edu!gemini.oscs.montana.edu!osynw From: osynw@gemini.oscs.montana.edu (Nathan Williams) Subject: Re: Sorry guys, another FAQ Message-ID: <1993Feb12.181756.23985@coe.montana.edu> Sender: usenet@coe.montana.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Montana State University References: <1l287eINN8f2@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> <C26JEM.76n@sugar.neosoft.com> Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1993 18:17:56 GMT Lines: 19 Keywords: n In article <C26JEM.76n@sugar.neosoft.com> peter@NeoSoft.com (Peter da Silva) writes: >In article <1l287eINN8f2@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> cq019@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Preston Landers) writes: >> I'm sure this is another FAQ, but is 386bsd binary compatible >> with unix? > >Not for any commercial UNIX I'm aware of. It's probably binary compatible >with BSD386. Unfortunately, no. For some strange reason (Maybe to not have binary compatability with 386BSD..... Nah, probably for ABI later), BSDI binaries have a different a.out header than 386BSD binaries. Nate -- osynw@terra.oscs.montana.edu | A hacker w/out a home. work: (406) 994-5991 | Keeper of the Unofficial 386BSD Bug Report home: (406) 586-0579 | Please send bugs and/or fixes you find.