[ALUG] executable script gives error "file not found"

[Jenny Hopkins]

Hullo there,

I've been setting up a debian box to be a clone of several other like
boxen.  The new box has amd64 architecture and the old i386.
Apart from that they are all still on debian sarge, 2.6 kernels.

One thing all the boxen have in common is that they share files over
an nfs mount from a server.  Some of the files are binary executables.

Now, on the new box, they simply won't run: I get the error

balloon at capirossi:~$ /home/balloon/bin/balloon-audio-off
bash: /home/balloon/bin/balloon-audio-off: No such file or directory

The same error appears when running it as root.

The file is executable.
The selfsame file also runs no problem from the other computers using it.
All I know about the file is that it invokes the bash shell and that
it is sending data to the parallel port.

I put together a test bash script to idiot check bash and that ran ok.

I'm baffuffled.

Thanks,
Jenny