Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 13:01:21 +0100 (MET) From: Paul Everlund <tdv94ped@cs.umu.se> To: Miguel Mendez <flynn@energyhq.homeip.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SunOS & SPARC Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0212301257450.15975-100000@kvist.cs.umu.se> In-Reply-To: <20021230124715.28dee227.flynn@energyhq.homeip.net>
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On Mon, 30 Dec 2002, Miguel Mendez wrote: Thanks for your reply. > On Mon, 30 Dec 2002 12:40:58 +0100 (MET) > Paul Everlund <tdv94ped@cs.umu.se> wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > Is it possible to run SunOS-binaries compiled on a SPARC on i386 > > FreeBSD? Are there some kind of emulation program for this? > > No, the "COMPAT_SUNOS" kernel option deals only with syscall (ABI) > compat. I'm not aware of any sparc emulation package. Your best bet > would be (if possible) to ssh/telnet/whathaveyou into a sparc box and > run the software there. Which program are you intending to run? Maybe > there's some opensource equivalent in the FreeBSD ports. I have a SPARC box, but thought of running proprietary SunOS-SPARC- binaries on a much better FreeBSD box (better because it's easier to maintain, upgrade packages and so on, on FreeBSD than SunOS). Guess I'll have to stick with the SPARC. Best regards, Paul > Cheers, > -- > Miguel Mendez - flynn@energyhq.homeip.net > GPG Public Key :: http://energyhq.homeip.net/files/pubkey.txt > EnergyHQ :: http://www.energyhq.tk > Of course it runs NetBSD! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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