Yes, thanks.  That did the trick.

Also for future reference, keep these old libraries in /emul/aout/usr/lib
before upgrading from 1.4 to 1.5 (or else some older binaries will not
work)::

libcrypt.so.0.0
libm.so.0.1
libresolv.so.1.0
libgnumalloc.so.0.0
libossaudio.so.0.0
libutil.so.5.0

Also I think some older X11 library files should be kept as well, but I
don't know what they should be.

Kevin

On Sun, 23 Sep 2001, Chris Pinnock wrote:

> Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 12:27:49 +0100
> From: Chris Pinnock <cjep@fawlty.net>
> To: NetBSD Mailing-List <netbsd@kevcom.ca>
> Cc: port-sparc@netbsd.org
> Subject: Re: Can't boot 1.5.2
> 
> On Sat, Sep 22, 2001 at 11:04:59AM -0400, NetBSD Mailing-List wrote:
> > I'm getting "bad format" when trying to boot the generic kernel for 1.5.1
> > and 1.5.2.  I noticed this difference:
> > 
> > file netbsd-1.5.2:
> > netbsd-1.5.2: ELF 32-bit MSB executable, SPARC, version 1, statically
> > linked,
> > not stripped
> > 
> > file netbsd-1.4.3:
> > netbsd-1.4.3: NetBSD/sparc executable not stripped
> > 
> > Do I need to update my BootROM or something else?
> 
> Presumably you have compiled a 1.5.1/2 kernel on a <=1.4.3 SPARC machine
> or something similar? 
> 
> It sounds like you need to install newer secondary boot program in order 
> to boot the ELF kernel. This can be done with "installboot" provided you have
> build the new bootblocks. I would recommend upgrading to 1.5.2 by using 
> a release from ftp.netbsd.org.
> 
> (1.4 sparc used the a.out binary format. 1.5 uses the ELF binary format
> which is why you are getting the "bad format" error).
> 
> best wishes,
> -- 
> Chris
>