ps - Illegal Instruction

[Jerry Stuckle <jstuckle@attglobal.net>]

This is a new install of Lenny on Windows 7 Virtual PC.  I basically 
took the defaults, with a couple of changes to get it to install and get 
gnome's display correct.

I still have several problems, which may be related.  The easiest one to 
find is an "Illegal Instruction" when I run a simple ps command.  This 
occurs whether I run as a user or root.

I've done a lot of looking, but don't seem to find anything similar. 
Does anyone have any ideas?

I'm still pretty much a noob on Linux, so please be gentle :)

TIA.

Jerry