From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 31 16:08:46 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id QAA14692 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 31 Oct 1997 16:08:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (gregl1.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.136.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA14686 for ; Fri, 31 Oct 1997 16:08:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) id KAA29671; Sat, 1 Nov 1997 10:38:17 +1030 (CST) Message-ID: <19971101103817.20943@lemis.com> Date: Sat, 1 Nov 1997 10:38:17 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: "Jay L. West" Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD225 and BSDOS2.1/BSDOS3.0 References: <199710311546.JAA07251@gatekeeper.tseinc.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e In-Reply-To: <199710311546.JAA07251@gatekeeper.tseinc.com>; from Jay L. West on Fri, Oct 31, 1997 at 09:45:38AM -0600 Organisation: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, Oct 31, 1997 at 09:45:38AM -0600, Jay L. West wrote: > I had written... >>> I need to finally upgrade one of our FreeBSD systems. >>> It will be running 2.2.5-RELEASE. I also need to put up >>> the Microsoft frontpage 98 server extensions, but I have >>> a choice here - they have distributions for BSD/OS 2.1 >>> (fp30.bsdi.tar.gz) and BSD/OS 3.0 (fp30.bsdi3.tar.gz). >>> Which of these two is most likely to get along and play >>> well with FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE? > > Response number one was... >> >> You want the 2.1 version. >> >> Doug White > > Response number two was... >> >> I have been using the BSD/OS 3.0 version without problems on 2.2.5. >> >> Jeff Wheat > > Ok, I give... maybe someone can clue me in to what the real issues are? > IE - what is it about BSDOS2.1 and BSDOS3.0 that are different enough > that FreeBSD can use or not use programs written for one or the other? > Clarification or a history lesson please! :) Thanks!!!!! BSD/OS 3.0 supports ELF formats. Programs for 3.0 could thus be in ELF, and we don't support it yet. 2.1 programs are in the same a.out format as FreeBSD. 3.0 still supports a.out, so it's quite possible that you can run 3.0 programs on FreeBSD, but you can't count on it. Greg