Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 19:40:43 -0500 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Off-topic: IRIX 5.3 Message-ID: <199808210040.TAA12740@nospam.hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: Message from "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu> of "Wed, 19 Aug 1998 20:55:21 -0000." <Pine.BSF.3.96.980819205300.3901A-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu>
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"Jason C. Wells" writes: > On Wed, 19 Aug 1998, Jonathan Lemon wrote: > > > I know that this is offtopic, but I need to get ahold of an > >IRIX 5.3 CD (for SimOS). Anyone know where I can find one of > >these? Sales numbers at SGI are also welcome. > > > > I know zip about SGI, but apparently the 6.4 CD that I have > >will not suit my purposes. > > I can tell you this. SGI made a change in binary file format from 5.3 to > 6.4 so if you are thinking about mixing and matching binaries and kernels > you best be careful. Irix 4.x was COFF, Irix 5.x was both COFF and ELF, Irix 6.x is ELF only. The 5.3 kernel was COFF. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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