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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!csn!nntp-xfer-2.csn.net!news-2.csn.net!teal.csn.net!not-for-mail From: et@csn.net (Eric H. Taylor) Newsgroups: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Questions about Linux vs. COFF executables Date: 6 Jan 1996 11:28:06 -0700 Organization: 4-L Laboratories Lines: 17 Distribution: World Message-ID: <4cmevm$3j2@teal.csn.net> References: <4at6u9$7i8@fohnix.metronet.com> <4av4vk$988@helena.MT.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 199.117.27.22 Keywords: COFF, ibcs, binaries, binfmt Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.os.linux:6927 comp.os.linux.advocacy:32211 comp.os.linux.misc:78523 comp.os.linux.setup:34587 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:11541 In article <4av4vk$988@helena.MT.net> "Nate Williams" <nate@sneezy.sri.com> writes: >Note, the Linux iBCS emulator will run about 5% of the BSD binaries (if >Nate Has anyone gotten linux to run COFF format executables? I found a binfmt_coff.c in the ibcs directory, but it wont compile... I'm on linux 1.2.1 Anyone have a clue? Please e-mail me, i don't keep up with reading the news... Thanks, et@csn.org Eric Taylor