Ever heard of LSB/MSB

Sounds like you could have a byte ordering problem - try dd with the -swab option on the file first. Try transferring a simple ascii file - is this readable on the other machine? If it looks like gibberish - then it is byte ordering. -- Graeme Burnett Xinit Open Systems Limited 0044 171 586 5855 PGP Mail preferred D50459D9 Key on public keyserver. 08 D1 34 87 6E 35 C8 BB D7 C6 BC CE 6B 03 2F 26