[rescue] SPARCstation 1 boot woes

[Andrew Jones]

The NetBSD "boot.net" is a 32 bit SPARC a.out file.  I assume openboot expects a.out. 




On Thursday, October 30th, 2025 at 11:12, Mouse via rescue <rescue at sunhelp.org> wrote:

> 
> 
> > 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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