On Thu, 17 Sep 1998 at 08:20:10 -0400, "Stephen J. Carpenter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 16, 1998 at 12:49:20PM -0600, Ward Deng wrote: > > DO I need iBCS installed to run SunOS binary under emulation? > > > > I installed SunOS libraries according to instructions but when > > I started to execute SunOS binary, it simply told: "cannot > > execute binary file" > > > > This is kernel 2.0.33 with Debian SPARC/Linux on a SS1+. > > "lsmod" does not show me anything. > > >From what I have heard you shouldn't need iBCS...hmm... > In fact I heard last night at a llug meeting that solaris netscape > works fine under Linux (I figure if a SUN represntative is saying that > it works then it probably does :) ) > > hmmm maybe a newer kernel? It shouldn't be necessary. However, you should give version numbers when referring to SunOS or Solaris. In common usage, SunOS (without giving a version number) refers to SunOS 4, and Solaris (without a version number) refers to Solaris 2. However, there is a Solaris 1 (which means SunOS 4 plus some version of openwin) and Solaris 2 includes SunOS 5 (plus a newer openwin). To run SunOS 4 binaries, you only need to compile with support for a.out; you don't need iBCS. For example, I use Netscape for SunOS 4.1.3 on my system. To run SunOS 5 binaries, you do need iBCS, as I understand (although I haven't tried it). --Paul Vojta, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
