Hello andrew.

08 Feb 03 11:15, you wrote to me:

 ac>> under Linux, but I'm running the Linux binary using FreeBSD's
 ac>> Linux translation module (a bit like an emulator).  Seems to work
 ac>> just like the native FreeBSD version.

 RT>> Used that on FreeBSD 4.0 RELEASE, run near all programs I tried,
 RT>> except IREX,  for some reason.

 ac> It's pretty good.  Apparently NetBSD's binary emulation is even
 ac> better.

Well, if IREX would have run on FreeBSD, I might still be running it here, 
despite the better local Linux support, or the devices being named 
differently, and a few other things, including that it is easier to get 
copies of Linux here.

 ac>> FWIW, I use SuSE 6.2 (1999) (running under VMware in Windows
 ac>> 2000) for testing.

 RT>> Last SuSE I ran was 6.1. :-), you would seem to have better
 RT>> hardware than I  do, if you are running all that under VMware.
 RT>> :-))

 ac> Not really.  The Win2K box is an old AMD K6-2 350 with 256 Mb RAM and
 ac> a 20 Gb HDD.

So my fastest system here a PIII 450 is a little faster, and currently has 
320 Mb RAM. Maybe VMware is worth playing with on this system afterall. :-)

Russell

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