Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 08:07:12 -1000 From: richard@pegasus.com (Richard Foulk) To: freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NetBSD emulation Message-ID: <199802051807.IAA09715@pegasus.com> In-Reply-To: Allan Strand <astrand@linum.cofc.edu> "Re: NetBSD emulation" (Feb 5, 8:21am)
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} > NetBSD *IS* emulated by FreeBSD. The problem is that someone (Net ? Free } > ?) reversed the exec magic number. This means that FreeBSD recognizes the } > NetBSD Magic, load and starts the binary. The binary try to load the } > ld.so dynamic linker *BUT*, before, it checks the ld.so magic number and } > find it reversed !! (then it dies, spiting something about 'bad ld.so } > magic'). } > So what about fudging a copy with the magic number modified? Richard
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