Bob, my RH7 system does not have "bin86", but I do have the dev86 package installed.
I think this package provides what you are looking for:
[grover@localhost grover]$ rpm -qi dev86
-snip-
Description:
The dev86 package provides an assembler and linker for real mode 80x86
instructions. You'll need to have this package installed in order to
build programs that run in real mode, including LILO and the kernel's
bootstrapping code, from their sources.
You should install dev86 if you intend to build programs that run in real
mode from their source code.
The dev86 rpm should be on one of your RH7 CDs -- I'm virtually positive that's where
I got it from.
Also, when you use the "rpm -qf" command, I think you have to provide the full path to
the file, eg:
[grover@localhost grover]$ rpm -qf as86
file as86: No such file or directory
[grover@localhost grover]$ rpm -qf /usr/bin/as86
dev86-0.15.0-5
--
Larry Grover, PhD
Assoc Prof of Physiology
Marshall Univ Sch Med
On Fri, 12 Jan 2001 19:55:17 -0600, Bob Hartung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Eric, that's great except when I do a 'rpm -q -f bin86' (also tried 'rpm -qf
> bin86') [at least that is the command I think] it should show me what
> package provides this file for my current RH 7 install and no file is
> returned. If this is a linker and assembler then I have to accept that it is
> a new requirement of the 2.4.0 kernel but I am not sure of that or how to
> find this piece of information.
>
> Ideas?
> Eric Clover wrote:
>
>> http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=bin86
>>
>> hope that helps
>>
>> eric
>>
>> Bob Hartung wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi,
>> > Preparing to upgrade to 2.2.18 before 2.4.0 was released I saw a
>> > requirement for 'bin86'. As I cannot find this on my current reinstall
>> > of RH 7 with all errata and updates, I am wondering what bin86 contains,
>> > whether this is a new requirement for the newer kernels, and whether
>> > there is any problem with version or maybe there is only one version out
>> > there to choose from.
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