RE: newbie can't execute binary file

2001-11-18 Thread Darryl Harvey
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On > Behalf Of Keith Morse > Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 6:20 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: newbie can't execute binary file > > On 18 Nov 2001, Daniel Goldin wro

Re: newbie can't execute binary file

2001-11-18 Thread Keith Morse
On 18 Nov 2001, Daniel Goldin wrote: > > I get an error "can't execute binary file" when trying to execute some > files I download from Internet, for example, the realplayer installer > "rp8_linux_sparc_cs1.bin." The same problem came up with the > staroffice installer. permissions and ownership

Re: newbie can't execute binary file

2001-11-18 Thread Statux
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Are you using a SPARC? SPARC, if you don't know, is a big-endian 64-bit system architecture (64-bit now adays.. I think the 64-bit ones are called UltraSPARC). Most people use Intel and AMD x86 systems. Unless you actually have a SPARC, you'll wan

newbie can't execute binary file

2001-11-18 Thread Daniel Goldin
I get an error "can't execute binary file" when trying to execute some files I download from Internet, for example, the realplayer installer "rp8_linux_sparc_cs1.bin." The same problem came up with the staroffice installer. permissions and ownerships seem okay. Anybody know what's going on? Runn