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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/ibcs2 ibcs2_ioctl.h ibcs2_ipc.h
To: erich@lodgenet.com (Eric L. Hernes)
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 11:32:11 -0700 (MST)
Cc: se@zpr.uni-koeln.de, erics@now.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG
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> > Thanks for the information!
> > 
> > It seems to strengthen my point, that 
> > mounting a System V file system under 
> > /compat/ibcs2 and using its bin and lib
> > directories will not work in general ...
> 
> I do more work than I care to admit on SCO.
> I've used Xenix, Sco Unix, and now the OpenServer5 crap.
> 
> Just as a matter of interest, how would you propose mounting
> a Xenix filesystem?  Xenix doesn't have nfs, and FBSD doesn't support
> Xenix (or SysV for that matter) filesystems.  You could possibly
> mount a Xenix filesystem on an SCO Unix box and then nfs from there,
> but if you already have an SCO machine, why do you need iBCS?

With a local Xenix FS implementation.

But this does not effect the fact that a relative root is used and
lookups are done twice: so it doesn't matter *where* the FS is actually
mounted.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.