At 1:53 PM +1000 10/26/99, Simon Burge wrote:
>Michael Bartosh wrote:
>
> > Should work! Worked for septilum. But console says:
> >
> > -tftp load
> > ?IO 3/tftp a.out (-2)
>
>This looks sus - is the file "install" an a.out, ELF or ECOFF
>file?  Using "file install" should tell you.  Failing that, try
>"od -x install | head" and sent it to the list.
>
>Simon.

ELF- this is right, is it not? Older kernels are ECOFF?

>[root@heretic sbin]# file /tftpboot/install
>/tftpboot/install: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, MIPS R3000_BE - 
>invalid byte order, version 1 MathCoPro/FPU/MAU Required, statically 
>linked, not stripped
>[root@heretic sbin]# od -x /tftpboot/install | head
>0000000 457f 464c 0101 0001 0000 0000 0000 0000
>0000020 0002 0008 0001 0000 0000 8003 0034 0000
>0000040 555c 0035 0001 0000 0034 0020 0003 0028
>0000060 000d 000a 0000 7000 a570 000e 9570 8011
>0000100 9570 8011 0018 0000 0018 0000 0004 0000
>0000120 0004 0000 0001 0000 1000 0000 0000 8003
>0000140 0000 8003 9588 000e 9588 000e 0005 0000
>0000160 1000 0000 0001 0000 a590 000e a590 8011
>0000200 a590 8011 ab50 0020 dc64 0022 0006 0000
>0000220 1000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
>Broken pipe

thx-

-mab