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From: osynw@gemini.oscs.montana.edu (Nathan Williams)
Subject: Re: Sorry guys, another FAQ
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Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1993 18:17:56 GMT
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In article <C26JEM.76n@sugar.neosoft.com> peter@NeoSoft.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
>In article <1l287eINN8f2@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> cq019@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Preston Landers) writes:
>> 	I'm sure this is another FAQ, but is 386bsd binary compatible
>> with unix?
>
>Not for any commercial UNIX I'm aware of. It's probably binary compatible
>with BSD386.

Unfortunately, no.  For some strange reason (Maybe to not have binary
compatability with 386BSD..... Nah, probably for ABI later), BSDI
binaries have a different a.out header than 386BSD binaries.


Nate
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