Hi Alan,

Thanks, I got a lot further. Now I'm just having problems getting the /proc filesystem to mount. See my continuing messages in the thread.

-Anne

Alan Barrett enscribed:
> > The other problem is I can't get StarOffice 5.2 to work (even
> > after copying all the necessary libraries to /emul/linux/lib). Has
> > anyone had any success with this or can someone tell me where I
> > can find a copy of so-5_2-ga-bin-linux_en?
> 
> Try this to get StarOffice 5.2 to work on NetBSD/i386:
> 
>  * Start with a NetBSD/i386 machine with a sufficiently recent kernel
>    with sufficient Linux compatibility stuff installed.  I don't know
>    what's sufficient here; I used NetBSD-current as of a month or so ago
>    with a COMPAT_LINUX kernel and with the suse_linux-6.3nb2 package
>    installed from pkgsrc.
> 
>  * Fill in the registration form and download the huge (approx 100MB)
>    linux executable file from Sun's web site.  I forget the file name.
> 
>  * Install it on a Linux/i386 system.  I got a Linux-using friend do
>    this part for me, but I believe that it involves something like:
> 
>      - Be root in a shell in an xterm on an X display on the Linux box.
>      - Run the huge executable program with the "-net" option.
>      - When it asks for a directory name, give an appropriate name.
>        It will unpack itself into a ton of files within the specified
>        install directory.
> 
>  * Copy the install directory from the Linux/i386 machine to the
>    NetBSD/i386 machine (or I think you can even NFS-mount it read-only).
>    You don't need to use the same directory name on both machines.
> 
>  * On the NetBSD box, create /usr/bin/test as a symlink to /bin/test.
>    You can avoid this step if you instead hack a few of the StarOffice
>    scripts.
> 
>  * Each user on the NetBSD box needs to do this the first time:
> 
>      - Be running a shell under your own userid in an xterm on an X
>        display on the NetBSD box.
>      - Run ${install_dir}/program/soffice, where ${install_dir} is where
>        you copied the install directory tree that you got from the Linux
>        box.
>      - Answer the questions.  It will copy some stuff into your home
>        directory.
> 
>  * Later, to run StarOffice, just run ${install_dir}/programs/soffice
>    on an X display.  You can install a symlink or a window manager menu
>    item to make it easier.
> 
> --apb (Alan Barrett)
> 
> 


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