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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