[5689] in RedHat Linux List
Re: SCO Binaries
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Keven R. Pittsinger)
Sat Nov 23 01:01:20 1996
Date: Sat, 23 Nov 1996 01:50:56 -0500 (EST)
From: "Keven R. Pittsinger" <jamstar@multiverse.com>
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In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.961121002804.16037D-100000@peanut.senie.com>
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On Thu, 21 Nov 1996, Daniel Senie wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Nov 1996, Keven R. Pittsinger wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 18 Nov 1996, Vicki Stanfield wrote:
> >
> > > What has to be selected in the make config to run SCO binaries for kernel
> > > 2.0.10 or 2.0.18. I have tried to make a boot floppy for Picasso, which asks
> > > directly whether I want to support SCO binaries, but to no avail. The SCSI
> > > card (Adaptec AHA2940) in this machine is too new to be recognized by Picasso,
> > > so going back doesn't seem to be an option.
> >
> > You have to install iBCS.
>
> If the same thing happened as did to me, the upgrade didn't work.
>
> >
> > > I have been told by one person that the SCO emulation is broken in 4.0. Has it
> > > been fixed? I haven't seen anything that looks relevant in the Update
> > > directory.
> >
> > Should have been an option when you did your 3.0.3 to 4.0 upgrade.
>
> When upgrading from 2.1 to 4.0, iBCS didn't upgrade properly. Some error
> message scrolled off the screen during the install. Since I don't really
> care about iBCS I haven't worried about it. I get an error message every
> time I reboot, but eventually I'll get around to de-installing iBCS (the
> old version, I guess, since the new one didn't install).
What I did was, do the original install from rpm, of course, off my 3.0.3
CD (Infomagic knock-off, sending off for 4.0 soon), then hit the net for
the latest source and built my own.
Keven
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