Ralf, Thanks for the reply. I was using binutils found in ftp://oss.sgi.com/pub/linux/mips/mipsel-linux/RedHat-6.1/RPMS/mipsel/ version is 2.10.91-1lm.mipsel.rpm Do you have a rpm neweer than this or know where I may get one ? TIA Wayne __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/