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ColinAnderson
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 Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2004 2:29 am Post subject: Error on bootup (2.6.1-gentoo-r1) |
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I just compiled the 2.6.1 kernel, have the grub.conf setup correctly, etc. However, after getting through most of the booting, I get this error five or six times, at which point my computer (Dell Inspiron 8200) appears to freeze:
request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-464c
request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-464c
request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-464c
request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-464c
request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-464c
Any help? I've searched these forums and am currently searching other places, but so far I've come up with no answers. Thanks.
~Colin
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sparks
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| Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2004 6:08 am Post subject: |
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can you post the results of dmesg, or does your laptop freeze up before you are able to eneter a shell?
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ColinAnderson
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| Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2004 6:32 am Post subject: |
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It freezed before I was able to enter a shell. However, I've solved the problem! After doing a little searching around and playing with my kernel config, it turns out I needed the ELF binary support compiled into the kernel. I did that, recompiled, and everything works alright. 
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sparks
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| Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2004 5:00 pm Post subject: |
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Glad you found the source of the problem; trial and error usually solves a lot of problems.
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mgillespie
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| Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 11:59 pm Post subject: |
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| Same problem here, but I thought ELF binaries were obsolete... |
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djcapelis
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Not at all... they're the most prevelent newest form I believe.
a.out is obsolete. |
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theProphecy
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| Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2004 1:02 am Post subject: |
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Hi.
I had some kinda the same problem, except I got a little smiliar message at boot time, but infinite, making boot impossible.
The message that I got was:
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kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k binfmt-464c, errno = 8
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But after enabling ELF in the kernel, recompiling and trying booting it up, everything worked perfectly.
Actually, had another question about compiling the kernel. I noticed that after changing only the ELF support in the kernel, then recompiling it only took about 20-30 seconds to compile the kernel. Does it re-use much of the parts already compiled earlier (since i had compiled the same kernel without ELF earlier)?
Anyways, thanks for the help. 
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