Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 13:08:08 -0600 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: "Lance E. Lott" <lancelot@at-vantage.com> Cc: FGA <boxer7@ix.netcom.com> Subject: Re: SCO binary compatibilkity Message-ID: <20040107190808.GA12401@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <6.0.1.1.2.20040107111652.01bb0c58@mail.at-vantage.com> References: <3FFB47B3.2070109@ix.netcom.com> <6.0.1.1.2.20040107111652.01bb0c58@mail.at-vantage.com>
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In the last episode (Jan 07), Lance E. Lott said: > Since about version 2.2.7. :) > > Seriously... I had SCO's FoxPro 2.6 running on as early as version > 2.2.7. at that time it was a bitch, but since about 4.0 came out, > it's been easier and easier. > > I have now been running SCO's FoxPro 2.6 on FreeBSD 4.0 - 4.9 without > problems. > > All you have to do to turn on SCO's compatibility is to include the > line > > ibcs2_enable="YES" in your /etc/rc.conf line and either reboot, or type: > kldload ibcs2.ko > kldload ibcs2_coff.ko Note that this is the older 3.2v4.2 compatibility, not Openserver 5.x. Most SCO software people want to use is 3.2v4.2, but check just to be sure. We ran MicroFocus Cobol under emulation for years with no problems. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com
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