Marco Shaw wrote:
> OK, I might not need a compiler afer all, but will need a linker. I
> installed a pretty basic 5.0.5 OS. I cannot find ld on the system.
>
> What might be the easiest way to get ld?
>
> Marco

Remember what I said about having to install the development toolkit from your
installation CD? That's what you need to get a SCO ld command and system
include files, and you need a license for it.

There may have been loadable GNU utilities for this published, but you still
need the include files, too.

Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
> Marco Shaw wrote:
>> OK, I might not need a compiler afer all, but will need a linker. I
>> installed a pretty basic 5.0.5 OS. I cannot find ld on the system.
>>
>> What might be the easiest way to get ld?
>>
>> Marco
>
> Remember what I said about having to install the development toolkit
> from your installation CD? That's what you need to get a SCO ld command
> and system include files, and you need a license for it.
>
> There may have been loadable GNU utilities for this published, but you
> still need the include files, too.

Just to load a driver, I need the dev toolkit?! Won't I need to relink
the kernel simply by loading/adding a device driver?

Marco

Marco Shaw wrote:
> Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
>> Marco Shaw wrote:
>>> OK, I might not need a compiler afer all, but will need a linker. I
>>> installed a pretty basic 5.0.5 OS. I cannot find ld on the system.
>>>
>>> What might be the easiest way to get ld?
>>>
>>> Marco
>>
>> Remember what I said about having to install the development toolkit
>> from your installation CD? That's what you need to get a SCO ld
>> command and system include files, and you need a license for it.
>>
>> There may have been loadable GNU utilities for this published, but you
>> still need the include files, too.
>
> Just to load a driver, I need the dev toolkit?! Won't I need to relink
> the kernel simply by loading/adding a device driver?
>
> Marco

Whoah. As near as I can tell, there's a little tiny toolkit to link new
kernels. But it's not accompanied by other associated compilation tools. What
do you need the linker for? Kernel updates?

> Whoah. As near as I can tell, there's a little tiny toolkit to link new
> kernels. But it's not accompanied by other associated compilation tools.
> What do you need the linker for? Kernel updates?

I need to install a Megaport driver:
ftp://ftp.equinox.com/support/legacy/megaport/

Seems to me the kernel needs to be relinked after that...

Marco

Marco Shaw wrote:
>
>> Whoah. As near as I can tell, there's a little tiny toolkit to link
>> new kernels. But it's not accompanied by other associated compilation
>> tools. What do you need the linker for? Kernel updates?
>
> I need to install a Megaport driver:
> ftp://ftp.equinox.com/support/legacy/megaport/
>
> Seems to me the kernel needs to be relinked after that...
>
> Marco

When you load that driver, doesn't scoadmin present you with options to add
the device and do the linking for you?

Marco Shaw wrote:
>
>> Whoah. As near as I can tell, there's a little tiny toolkit to link
>> new kernels. But it's not accompanied by other associated compilation
>> tools. What do you need the linker for? Kernel updates?
>
> I need to install a Megaport driver:
> ftp://ftp.equinox.com/support/legacy/megaport/
>
> Seems to me the kernel needs to be relinked after that...
>
> Marco

I see this in ftp://ftp.equinox.com/support/legacy...t/00_index.txt

X248.Z 474K 11/22/95 SCO UNIX/XENIX/OPENSERVER 5 Release 2.4.8 AT/EISA
For ISA/EISA Bus Only.
This file is in a "dd - compressed" Unix format.
Please use "uncompress" the "dd" the file to
a floppy diskette to create an installable disk.
Use "custom" or "scoadmin" to install this driver
(11-22-1995)

So you should be able to use 'custom' to install from a floppy image of the
file, and use 'scoadmin' to load the driver. Or use the floppy to load the
drivers at installation time.

> So you should be able to use 'custom' to install from a floppy image of
> the file, and use 'scoadmin' to load the driver. Or use the floppy to
> load the drivers at installation time.

Thanks. I still thought I needed to relink the kernel though.

This is only the *2nd* time I ever deal with SCO... The last time was 2
years or so ago when I was asked to do this the last time this "server"
failed and was rebuilt...

Marco

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nico Kadel-Garcia"
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sco.misc
To: "Marco Shaw"
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 8:41 PM
Subject: Re: OSR505 and ld (was OSR505 and GCC)


> Marco Shaw wrote:
>> OK, I might not need a compiler afer all, but will need a linker. I
>> installed a pretty basic 5.0.5 OS. I cannot find ld on the system.
>>
>> What might be the easiest way to get ld?
>>
>> Marco
>
> Remember what I said about having to install the development toolkit from
> your installation CD? That's what you need to get a SCO ld command and
> system include files, and you need a license for it.
>
> There may have been loadable GNU utilities for this published, but you
> still need the include files, too.


Starting with 5.0.5 there is a free linker and libs package on the install
cd.
That's all you need, plus the gnutools package and oss646c

If you don't have your 5.0.5 install media, you may be able to get one for
somewhere under $99 (US) from sco or ebay.
There is also a freely dowloadable install cd for 5.0.7 on the sco ftp site,
which has the linker package which may work ok on 5.0.5.

ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/openserver5/50...Jun05_1800.iso

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Marco Shaw"
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sco.misc
To:
Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2008 6:17 AM
Subject: Re: OSR505 and ld (was OSR505 and GCC)


> Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
>> Marco Shaw wrote:
>>> OK, I might not need a compiler afer all, but will need a linker. I
>>> installed a pretty basic 5.0.5 OS. I cannot find ld on the system.
>>>
>>> What might be the easiest way to get ld?
>>>
>>> Marco
>>
>> Remember what I said about having to install the development toolkit from
>> your installation CD? That's what you need to get a SCO ld command and
>> system include files, and you need a license for it.
>>
>> There may have been loadable GNU utilities for this published, but you
>> still need the include files, too.
>
> Just to load a driver, I need the dev toolkit?! Won't I need to relink
> the kernel simply by loading/adding a device driver?

You are thinking too hard.

In the case of drivers, yes the kernel is relinked, but the kernel link kit
is a built-in part of every system and is seperate from and unrelated to the
ordinary software linker.
Just follow the directions supplied with the driver, and only worry about it
not working _after_ it doesn't work.

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On Sat, Jun 14, 2008, Brian K. White wrote:
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Nico Kadel-Garcia"
>
>> Marco Shaw wrote:
>>> OK, I might not need a compiler afer all, but will need a linker. I
>>> installed a pretty basic 5.0.5 OS. I cannot find ld on the system.
>>>
>>> What might be the easiest way to get ld?
>>>
>>> Marco
>>
>> Remember what I said about having to install the development toolkit from
>> your installation CD? That's what you need to get a SCO ld command and
>> system include files, and you need a license for it.
>>
>> There may have been loadable GNU utilities for this published, but you
>> still need the include files, too.
>
>
>Starting with 5.0.5 there is a free linker and libs package on the install
>cd.

This should show up on the installation CDs ``custom'' choices under
something like Libraries and Headers. This gives you all the necessary
include header files and libraries to build with gcc or other compilers.

These have been included in OpenServer since the mid 1990s, partly as the
result of various people on this list and within the original SCO's support
group pushing to get them included without additional charge. I know that
Bela Lubkin, J.P. Radley, Dion Johnson, and I were amongst the pushiest.

Bill
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