recovering files from SunOS dump tapes

[Kelsey Jordahl <kjordahl@alum.mit.edu>]

Hi,

I recently installed Linux on a Sparc 5 that previously had SunOS
4.1.3.  The installation was straightforward, but in the process I
managed to trash my SunOS partition as well.  Not that big a deal, in
that I don't need to dual boot or anything, but I would like to set up 
SunOS emulation, so I need some files from SunOS, /usr/lib/ld.so and
so on.  I have backup tapes of my SunOS system, but they are in SunOS
dump format, and I have not been able to read them with Linux or
Solaris 8 restore programs.  I don't have any original SunOS install
media.

Is ther any way to recover these files from the dump tapes without a
SunOS system?  Any other options to get the files necessary for
emulation?  I know that Sun has free downloads of Solaris 8 now, but
do they have downloads of SunOS 4 anywhere?  It wasn't obvious on
their website.

Thanks,
Kelsey

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Kelsey Jordahl