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From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: executing bsdi files under FreeBSD 2.1.0
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 22:19:41 -0700
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Matthew A. Gessner wrote:
> 
> I thought I read somewhere that this can be done, but I can't find any
> references on how to do it.
> 
> There are a couple of programs written for netbsd or bsdi (like Mosaic)
> that I'd like to run, but when I get them they report the binaries
> aren't executable.
> 
> I thought the binaries were in some way compatible.
> 
> Can anyone shed some light on this for me?
> 

One ray of light: Netscape for BSDI runs fine on FreeBSD (I run it). Only 
one requirement -- at least some versions of Netscape want the Xwindows 
directory to be called X11 rather than X11R6. It works if you put in the 
appropriate symlink.

-- 

Ken

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