> 
> Compatibility is the word from the bossman - no independant verification on 
> my part.  Maybe I better...

Start simple.  Try copying over /bin/touch or something from a SPARC
machine and see how well it works.

# uname -i
i86pc
# file ./touch
./touch:        ELF 32-bit MSB executable SPARC Version 1, dynamically
linked, stripped
# truss -texec -f sh -c './touch'
11073:  execve("/sbin/sh", 0x08047DA0, 0x08047DB0)  argc = 3
11074:  execve("./touch", 0x08078268, 0x08078270)       Err#22 EINVAL
sh: ./touch: cannot execute
# man execve
[...]
     EINVAL          The new process image file has the appropri-
                     ate  permission and has a recognized execut-
                     able binary format, but the system does  not
                     support  execution  of a file with this for-
                     mat.

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Darren Dunham                                           ddunham AT taos DOT com
Senior Technical Consultant         TAOS            http://www.taos.com/
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