> One new question, is 1.5.3 elf also? It wouldn't work with the old 
> booter either.

	I suspect that the kernel you are trying to boot is either:
1) a tarred, or tarred & gzipped file,
2) improperly downloaded (e.g. not FTP'd in binary mode)

	As far as I remember, 1.5.3 was not ELF.

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