Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 09:37:01 -0800 (PST) From: Greg Quinlan <gwq_uk@yahoo.com> To: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org Cc: Fdarryl@osborne-ind.com Subject: RE: iBCS2 Message-ID: <20020301173701.72219.qmail@web13303.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <001201c1c130$86d85500$0701a8c0@darryl>
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Thanks Darryl, I am a little more advanced, I have a company essentially operating on an accounting system running Dataflex (SCO version) on FreeBSD 4.5-S with iBCS2 emulation, but once a day they get an error that stops all Dataflex users from operating. System seems fine, just Dataflex users! Everything works great until they get a message "can't fork process". The system has not run out of user/system processes so I'm a little confused! All other programs on FreeBSD seem unaffected, and they have to reboot. The programs do not appear to need any shared libraries! They are all COFF binaries. They were going to upgrade to the Linux version of Dataflex, but still run it on FreeBSD but found during testing that the SCO version ran fine with iBCS2 emulation, or so we thought! Has anyone looked at the page on OpenBSD, that seems more precise (up to date), in discussing iBCS2 emulation. http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=compat_ibcs2&sektion=8&apropos=0&manpath=OpenBSD+Current Will what OpenBSD suggest work on FreeBSD? Thanks Greg --- Darryl Hoar <darryl@osborne-ind.com> wrote: > I setup iBCS2 on FreeBSD 4.3-release. Was trying to > run some SCO 3.2V4.2 applications. I have copied the > /usr/lib/lang and /usr/lib/terminfo from the SCO > box to /compat/ibcs2/usr/lib/lang and /compat/ibcs2/usr/lib/terminfo > on the freebsd box. Unfortunately, after tweaking, working, etc > I couldn't run my applications (a SCO DBC database application) > properly. I would have had to do some rewriting of the application. > > In the end, I gave up. > > -Darryl > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Greg Quinlan > >Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 8:19 AM > >To: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org > >Subject: iBCS2 > > > > > >Hi All, > > > >Can someone tell me how to make FreeBSD 4.5-S as iBCS2 > >compatiable as possible. > > > >I have already compiled the option into the kernel, but in the > >man page on > >OpenBSD also mentions copying the shared libraries from a SCO > >UNIX System and > >to use a program called 'ldd-elf' to identify what shared > >libraries are being > >used by iBCS2 programs. > > > >How stable is the iBCS2 emulation on FreeBSD? (Beta, Release, Stable?) > > > >Thanks > > > >Greg > > > >ps. Can people who have had geniune experience please respond. > > > >iBCS2 = Intel Binary Compatibility Standard 2 > >COFF = Common Object File Format > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Yahoo! Greetings - Send FREE e-cards for every occasion! > >http://greetings.yahoo.com > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Greetings - Send FREE e-cards for every occasion! http://greetings.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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