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  From: Matthew Geddes <mgeddes@xavier.sa.edu.au>
  To  : Linux-SA <LinuxSA@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 08:21:17 +1030

Re: Cobol runtime

Steve Sloan wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have a need to get a DB that uses a SCO Cobol runtime to work under Linux.
> The runtime on a SCO box produces a message as follows if it is run with no
> parameters
> 
> RM/COBOL-85 Runtime - Version 6.06.00 for SCO Unix
> > >System V R 3.2.2
> 
> on the Linux box I get the following message
> 
> can't execute binary file
> 
> I have been told that it might be possible to make the runtime think it is
> running on a SCO box
> does anybody know if this is the case and if so how is it done.
> 
> Steve Sloan

Intel Binary Compatability System (iBCS2). There should be a package
with whatever distro you got, which contains the relevant modules. I
haven't done this for years, but I think the way it would go is: enable
miscellaneous binaries in you kernel, insert module, run COBOL thing.
There's probably HOWTOs and other docs....

iBCS allows you to run SCO (and slowaris?) binaries.

Hope it helps,
Matt

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- Lucovsky, Microsoft

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