interpreter (vers. 6502) cannot read image file ?

> Hi I am running:
>
> squeak ./my-image
>
> and get:
> This interpreter (vers. 6502) cannot read image file (vers. 544830578).
>
> My image was likely opened on Windows , the above message is from Linux
> I think all my VMs are fairly recent , within about 2 years (I can provide
> them later, right now I do have access to the Windows VM that saved the
> image).
>
> Was there a recent (I mean perhaps last 2-3 years) VM change that would create
> incompatibility of images as to which VM versions can be used to open them?
> Or perhaps, can this be a siggn the  image is corrupted?

> On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 09:43:28AM +0000, Milan Zimmermann wrote:
> > Hi I am running:
> >
> > squeak ./my-image
> >
> > and get:
> > This interpreter (vers. 6502) cannot read image file (vers. 544830578).
> >
> > My image was likely opened on Windows , the above message is from Linux
> > I think all my VMs are fairly recent , within about 2 years (I can
> > provide them later, right now I do have access to the Windows VM that
> > saved the image).
> >
> > Was there a recent (I mean perhaps last 2-3 years) VM change that would
> > create incompatibility of images as to which VM versions can be used to
> > open them? Or perhaps, can this be a siggn the  image is corrupted?
>
> Milan,
>
> Yes, it is a sign that the image is corrupted. The "version" that the
> interpreter is talking about is intended to refer to 64 bit images as
> opposed to normal 32 bit images, but in this case you have almost
> certainly got a bad image file. You have been moving images between
> different operating systems, so the most likely cause is that a zip
> utility or ftp file copy has mistakenly treated the binary image
> file as if it were text, and thus "helped" you by trying to convert
> line ending characters.
>
> Dave
>
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