I just did file on runlevel in the first stage directory and got sbin/runlevel: ELF 32-bit MSB executable, PowerPC or cisco 4500, version 1 (SYSV), for GNU/Linux 2.6.8, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), stripped While doing file on fdisk (randomly chosen) got me sbin/fdisk: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, ARM, version 1, for GNU/Linux 2.6.12, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), stripped Sound like a likely suspect?