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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.apps Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.indirect.com!wes From: wes@indirect.com (Barnacle Wes) Subject: Re: BSD SunOS binary compatability Message-ID: <D2rwCK.Dvu@indirect.com> Sender: usenet@indirect.com (Internet Direct Admin) Organization: the briney, briney deep Date: Sat, 21 Jan 1995 20:45:56 GMT References: <ktw.14a5@tcsi.sol.net> <3fjtbi$pop@mozo.cc.purdue.edu> <3fk5q8$41a@er5.rutgers.edu> X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 20 K.T. Wieringa (ktw@tcsi.sol.net) wrote: % Just how compatible is BSD with SunOS binaries with the COMPAT_SUNOS kernel % flag? mwilley@hillres142.cc.purdue.edu (Mark Willey) writes: > 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. Ken Nakata (kenn@eden.rutgers.edu) wrote: : 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. Will a COMPAT_SUNOS kernel allow you to run Sun 386i (RoadRunner) binaries on an x86? Has anyone looked into this? Does anyone care? ;^) Wes Peters