[rescue] SPARCstation 1 boot woes

[Mouse]

> Try the `file' command on the boot image too; it may tell you
> something.  [...]
> e.g.:

> $ file gdbserver
> gdbserver: ELF 32-bit MSB executable, SPARC32PLUS, V8+ Required, total store ordering, version 1 (GNU/Linux), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib/ld-linux.so.2, for GNU/Linux 3.2.0, not stripped
> $ 

> (but this is modern ELF stuff, rather than a.out typical for the era
> which may not carry suitable information).

I can't recall whether SunOS 4.* used ELF or not.  NetBSD/sparc does,
at least as far back as the 1.4T I run:

[Sparkle] 1964> file /bin/cat
/bin/cat: ELF 32-bit MSB executable, SPARC, version 1, statically linked, stripped
[Sparkle] 1965> 

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