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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!serval.net.wsu.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!oracle.pnl.gov!osi-east2.es.net!lll-winken.llnl.gov!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsfeed.pitt.edu!uunet!dziuxsolim.rutgers.edu!er5.rutgers.edu!not-for-mail 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 Lines: 18 Distribution: world Message-ID: <3fk5q8$41a@er5.rutgers.edu> References: <ktw.14a5@tcsi.sol.net> <3fjtbi$pop@mozo.cc.purdue.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: er5.rutgers.edu 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