From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 2 01:09:57 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA07113 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 2 Apr 1998 01:09:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA07103 for ; Thu, 2 Apr 1998 01:09:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id BAA08437; Thu, 2 Apr 1998 01:09:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 01:09:49 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Drew C Morone cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SCO/MS Word under IBCS2 In-Reply-To: <199804012202.RAA11529@j51.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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