Elksemu is an emulator for the environment that elks will provide on a real ELKS machine. The emulator only runs on linux-i386 or similar. If you're using a 2.0.36, 2.1.43, 2.2.0 or later kernel then the binfmt_misc driver is in the stock kernel and all you need to do is add the following line into the relevent /etc/rc* file. echo ':i86-elks:M::\x01\x03\x20\x00:\xff\xff\xff\x83:/usr/bin/elksemu:' \ > /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/register Note, however, if binfmt_misc is compiled as a module it will not auto load so you will have to do this manually. If your kernel version is 1.2.13 then apply the patch in the Kernel_patch file. If you're using one of the other 2.0.X series then the binfmt_elks.c module should be able to compile and install. BUT do note you need the modules and probably modversions options and you _may_ have to alter the compile command to match those seen when you compile modules that come with the kernel. Rob.