Compiling an Executable

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Would greatly appreciate someone filling me in on how to compile an executable.
I am running 1.2.13 ( Red Hat ) with gcc 2.7.0. The kernal has been compiled to
support both ELF and a.out.

When compiling I have tried to use the -i486-linuxaout and without. It compiles
cleanly
( "hello world" equivalent ) but the result is not executable.

Thanks.

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