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From: jlucas@uvi.edu (John Lucas)
Subject: Re: FreeSBD 2.1R and BSDI 2.0 binaries
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In article <DqFrM9.8ty@kraken.aldhfn.org>, ciaran@phoenix.aldhfn.org (Skip Watson) wrote:
>        Is there something special that has to be done to run BSDI 2.0
>binaries on FreeBSD 2.1?
>        BSDI <2.0 binaries seem to run just fine but 2.0 fail with a
>"segmentation fault core dumped". I must be missing something somewhere. I
>didn't see this in the FAQ or the handbook. Maybe it's something that
>needs to go into the FAQ(?).
>

While waiting for a more authoritative answer, it is my understanding that 
v2.1R will only run BSDI v1.1 binaries (not v2.0). The BSDI v2.0 binary 
support is supposed to be part of FreeBSD v2.2 (and *may* already be in 
-current).


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