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Date:      Thu, 2 Nov 2000 17:21:21 -0600 (CST)
From:      Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
To:        Doug Moore <DougM@Lowrey.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 11:36:57 -0600 
Message-ID:  <14849.63217.363256.545148@guru.mired.org>
In-Reply-To: <89563890@toto.iv>

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Doug Moore <DougM@Lowrey.com> types:
> We are trying to run some Unix binaries that were written in Japan. We
> would like to be able to to run them on a PC will BSD run all Unix
> binaries. I did get them to compile on a Linux system but got an error "
> cannot execute binary fie" got little or no help from Linux. I have had
> some, but very little Unix experience can anyone suggest a way to go.

No Unix will run all Unix binaries. FreeBSD does a pretty good job of
running binaries from other x86 Unix systems, but unless you know what
Unix system they were written for/compiled on, that doesn't do you
very much good.

If you can find out which Unix they were written on, and which
compilers they used, it would go a long way towards helping others
help you solve the problem. The ideal solution would be to get a copy
of that Unix and that compiler to work with. Failing that, you want
things as close as possible to those things, and someone with a little
experience porting things.

	<mike



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