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From: c.ng@cooper.cooper.EDU (Cho Ng )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Problem with a.out's
Message-ID: <1181@cooper.cooper.EDU>
Date: 14 Jan 88 22:38:38 GMT
Organization: The Cooper Union (NY, NY)
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The 3b2/200 I was using was recently upgraded (new UNIX, additional
70 Meg drive, etc.) after it experienced a hard disk crash.  The main
30 Meg hard drive and some support chips (I think) were replaced.
All the new software was restored including the C compiler.  The drives
were partitioned as follows:
	/usr on 70 Meg drive
	/usr2 on 30 Meg drive
	/usr3 on 70 Meg drive
My account is in /usr2.

So here is my problem: When I try to execute a.out, I get the message
'a.out: Cannot execute'.  I used the -V flag to check compilation,
assembly, and linkage and they are completed without error (or so it
seems to me).  The file attributes for a.out indicates that a.out
can be executed (-rwxr-xr-x) but the system tells me it can't be.
However, bin files can be executed when they are -rwxr-xr-x-.
I can't find anything in the manuals so far to tell me why I'm
having problems.  Is it because some software or hardware was
improperly installed or replaced?

Any help as soon as possible would be greatly appreciated.

Also, I am not guru or higher knowledgeable, so please keep explanations
as simple as possible. Thanks.

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