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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
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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