Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 01:09:49 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Drew C Morone <drew@j51.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SCO/MS Word under IBCS2 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980402010926.8262T-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199804012202.RAA11529@j51.com>
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On Wed, 1 Apr 1998, Drew C Morone wrote: > Hi there, > > I'm trying to run SCO's MS-Word 5.0 for Unix (V/386 3.2) on Freebsd using > the IBCS2, and I'm getting the following error: > > bash: ./word.pr: cannot execute binary file > > I have run other system V based apps, like Word Perfect, etc.., without > problems. > I notice a difference with I run "files" on the Word Perfect binary and > the Word binary: > > Word results in: > [/usr/lib/word][fiscal]$ file word.pr > word.pr: Microsoft a.out separate pure segmented word-swapped V2.3 V3.0 386 smae > > Whereas Word Perfect results in: > [/usr/lib/word][fiscal]$ file /usr/local/wp/wpbin/wp > /usr/local/wp/wpbin/wp: 80386 COFF executable > > Is there any way I can get Word to run? Your copy of Word isn't iBCS2 compatible, so good luck. :( That actually runs on SCO? What version? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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