From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 18 19:08:03 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA15154 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 18 Jan 1998 19:08:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA15058 for ; Sun, 18 Jan 1998 19:06:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA06815; Mon, 19 Jan 1998 13:36:37 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id NAA01371; Mon, 19 Jan 1998 13:36:36 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980119133636.29357@lemis.com> Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 13:36:36 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Matthew Hagerty Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD on BSD/OS (BSDI) References: <3.0.1.32.19980118214936.006a7da8@wolfepub.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19980118214936.006a7da8@wolfepub.com>; from Matthew Hagerty on Sun, Jan 18, 1998 at 09:49:36PM -0500 Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Sun, Jan 18, 1998 at 09:49:36PM -0500, Matthew Hagerty wrote: > I was wondering how I can get my FreeBSD 2.2.5 box to run BSD/OS (BSDI) > binaries. First, you must somehow get them on your system. Then you must ensure that they're executable. Then you run them. FreeBSD has native support for BSD/OS binaries, as long as they're not ELF. ELF is coming, but it's not here yet. > The list of features indicates the FreeBSD can run Linux, BSDI, and > SCO binaries. I have gone through compiling a custom kernel and did > not see any options for adding BSDI or SCO compatibility. Take a look at /etc/rc.conf for SCO and Linux. There are parameters you set. For Linux you also need kernel support; I assume you've found that and think that it's needed for the others as well. It isn't. Greg