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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!spool.mu.edu!nigel.msen.com!yale.edu!yale!gumby!destroyer!news.itd.umich.edu!tiamat.umd.umich.edu!crt From: crt@tiamat.umd.umich.edu (Rob Shady) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development Subject: Re: Porting NetBSD to OS/2 and Windows NT Date: 12 Nov 1993 08:39:44 -0500 Organization: Univerisity of Michigan - Dearborn Lines: 27 Message-ID: <crt.753111416@tiamat.umd.umich.edu> References: <pcbsdCGCtvq.7uL@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: cw-u01.umd.umich.edu pcbsd@netcom.com (PCBSD Development Manager) writes: >I am working on a port of the current NetBSD sources to OS/2. In order >to get the NetBSD libraries and utilities to compile and run, I needed to >change some source and include files (such as adding O_TEXT and O_BINARY >modes to the open() call). >I was wondering if the xxxBSD community was interested in integrating these >changes back (with the #ifdef's) to get NetBSD portable to PC operating >systems. Not to sound ignorant, but what the heck are you talking about??? NetBSD is an *OPERATING SYSTEM*, you don't port it to another *OPERATING SYSTEM* you port it to a Platform, ie: NetBSD 'ports' to Intel 386/486's, Sun 3's, some HP, etc... NOT to OS/2, Windows/NT, DOS, or ANYTHING similar.. What exactly do you think you would be able to accomplish, assuming you could EVER get NetBSD to run "under" OS/2 or Windows/NT???? /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ \/ I N N O V A T I V E D A T A S E R V I C E S \/ /\ ================================================= /\ \/ Hardware/Software Sales & Service /\ Complete Networking Solutions \/ /\ Virus Removal & Prevention \/ Remote System Administration /\ \/ Contract Programming & Consulting /\ Internet Service Provider \/ /\-------------------------------------\/-----------------------------------/\ \/ 22290 Green Hill, Suite #42 /\ Phone: (313)478-3554 \/ /\ Farmington Hills, Michigan 48335 \/ Fax: (313)478-2950 /\ \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/