From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 12 18:10:22 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id SAA22159 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 12 Feb 1996 18:10:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from koala.scott.net (root@koala.scott.net [204.181.147.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA22153 for ; Mon, 12 Feb 1996 18:10:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from jason.scott.net (dialup70.scott.net [205.241.3.70]) by koala.scott.net (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id UAA16055; Mon, 12 Feb 1996 20:09:18 -0600 Message-ID: <311FF307.41C67EA6@scott.net> Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 20:10:15 -0600 From: Jason Gilbert X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1-STABLE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Tom Crummey (ADM)" CC: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Word Perfect 6.0 Demo (again) References: <4226.9602121935@bowden.uces.bangor.ac.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Tom Crummey (ADM) wrote: I would say no. I searched back through the mail archives and according to some people around 12/95, there is code needed from the ibcs2 code in current. Accordingly, several people wrote that they had gotten it to run under -current. Someone did however post that the 5.1 console version works under 2.1, but not the X part. So, I think you'll have to go current. I was thinking the same thing, but was kind of wondering how risky that would be?? L8r...Jason > > Hello, > > Thanks for the replies on this, but I still have the same trouble. Has anyone > managed to run this demo on FreeBSD 2.1 Release? Should I try -current? > > As an aside, does the Linux emulation in -current support ELF executables? > > Thanks again for any help. > > -- > Tom. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Tom Crummey, EMAIL: tom@uces.bangor.ac.uk | /\ > University of Wales, Bangor, | / \/\ > Unit for Coastal and Estuarine Studies, | /\/ \ \ > Ynys Faelog, Menai Bridge, TEL: +44 (0)1248 713808 |/ ======\=\ > Gwynedd, LL59 5EY, U.K. FAX: +44 (0)1248 716729 | B A N G O R > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------