> From: matthew green <mrg@eterna.com.au>
> 
> guess this means that a.out i386 is dead? :-)

At least a.out kernel as of today runs fine for me (after tweaking
minor problem).

enami.

enami@vaio505% ls -l /usr/bin/as
-r-xr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  163840 Aug  4 07:07 /usr/bin/as
enami@vaio505% file /netbsd /usr/bin/as
/netbsd:     NetBSD/i386 demand paged executable not stripped
/usr/bin/as: NetBSD/i386 demand paged dynamically linked executable
enami@vaio505% uname -a
NetBSD vaio505.enami.but-b.or.jp 1.5X NetBSD 1.5X (VAIO505) #428: Sat Aug  4 09:24:51 JST 2001     enami@vaio505.enami.but-b.or.jp:/a/netbsd/kernel/compile/VAIO505 i386
enami@vaio505% strings /netbsd | grep 1.5X
1.5X
@(#)NetBSD 1.5X (VAIO505) #428: Sat Aug  4 09:24:51 JST 2001
NetBSD 1.5X (VAIO505) #428: Sat Aug  4 09:24:51 JST 2001
enami@vaio505% exit