Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 10:11:10 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: Reza Latjuba <rogha@slip.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: About FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960528100902.21460E-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <31AACF32.9E8@slip.net>
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On Tue, 28 May 1996, Reza Latjuba wrote: > I would like to know whether the software intended for SUN Solaris can > be used and installed in FreeBSD 2.1....I ask this question because The > architecture behind SUN Solaris and FreeBSD based on the same > architecture... I don't think so because they are NOT the same architecture, strictly speaking. Suns use the SPARC processor; FreeBSD uses Intel i386, which are vastly different. If you are referencing that Solaris is based on BSD, still no; Solaris is heavily modified version and isn't directly compatible. Even if you had the source to the program it would take some work to port it, depending on the program. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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