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From: kenn@eden.rutgers.edu (Ken Nakata)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.apps
Subject: Re: BSD SunOS binary compatability
Date: 18 Jan 1995 17:47:36 -0500
Organization: Rutgers University
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mwilley@hillres142.cc.purdue.edu (Mark Willey) writes:

>K.T. Wieringa (ktw@tcsi.sol.net) wrote:
>: Just how compatible is BSD with SunOS binaries with the COMPAT_SUNOS kernel
>: flag? 

>I could be wrong, but...  I think that only applies to the actual Sun
>hardware port of NetBSD.  Unless the '386 version supports running
>Solarisx86 binaries.

>Mark

I think COMPAT_SUNOS is supported by most (if not all) m68k ports,
such as Mac68k.

Anyway, that doesn't allow you to run Sun3/4 binary on an i386.

Ken