On Mon, Jul 10, 2000 at 04:26:43PM +0200, Heinrich Rebehn wrote: > Ben Collins wrote: > > > > On Mon, Jul 10, 2000 at 04:08:23PM +0200, Heinrich Rebehn wrote: > > > > > > Sorry, if this is a FAQ, but can i run Solaris binaries under Debian > > > Linux/SPARC, > > > provided that i got the needed Solaris libraries and licenses ? > > > > You can use the solaris emulation (compiled as a module, so be sure to > > load it), but it isn't perfect. I've messed with it simply chrooting to a > > Solaris mounted partition (using the ufs module, but you can copy it to a > > local Linux partition too) and running things like the shell and it's > > commands. > > > > Ben > > I have been browsing a bit and found out that the Solaris emulation seems to > exist > only for the Sparc64 architecture. When I do a "make xconfig" on my SS20 > (Sun4m) i am only > offered SunOS emulation. > Is this true?
Would appear so. I think sparc doesn't have the infrastructure for syscall transaltion, so it isn't as easy to integrate (i think). -- -----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=------ / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'
