From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 23 17:58:21 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 209BB113A5 for <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>; Tue, 23 Feb 1999 17:58:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id MAA20674; Wed, 24 Feb 1999 12:28:05 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.3/8.9.0) id MAA52087; Wed, 24 Feb 1999 12:28:00 +1030 (CST) Message-ID: <19990224122759.T93492@lemis.com> Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 12:27:59 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?dici_=28D=E9veloppement_Informatique_de_C=2EI=29?= <dicidt@africaonline.co.ci>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Difficulty to run files from SCO XENIX References: <01be5f61$27707360$LocalHost@dicidt> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=3C01be5f61$27707360$LocalHost=40dicidt=3E=3B_from_dici_?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?=28D=E9veloppement_Informatique_de_C=2EI=29_on_Tue=2C_Feb?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?_23=2C_1999_at_07:17:28PM_-0000?= WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tuesday, 23 February 1999 at 19:17:28 -0000, dici (Développement Informatique de C.I) wrote: > Is there a special setting to execute file I used to run on SCO > XENIX ? That depends on the kind of object file you have. XENIX had a whole lot of different object files. You can execute COFF files with the SCO iBCS emulator, but you're pretty much out of luck for x.out files or 16 bit files, which are closer to Microsoft format. > A quick answer may offer a choice of new UNIX OS. How can I improve > my future knowledge using FreeBSD without hacking on the web ? Read the online handbook, read the messages that go by on this mailing list, or buy my book "The Complete FreeBSD", second edition (http://www.cdrom.com/titles/os/bsdbook2.htm). Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message