From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from hotmail.com (oe21.law3.hotmail.com [209.185.240.125]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83722482A for ; Wed, 7 Aug 2002 09:28:23 -0600 (MDT) From: "Alex Green" To: "Paul Bame" Cc: References: <20020807123807.GB9966@systemhalted> Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] palo issues Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2002 17:28:20 +0200 Message-ID: Sender: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org Errors-To: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: I ran file against my new kernel and the output is the same as the currently booting kernel. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Bame" To: "Alex Green" Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 5:14 PM Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] palo issues > > ok, well i got the PALO to start however it now crashes with the following > > error: > > > > Couldn't grok your kernel executable formatERROR: failed to load kernel. > > > > What does this mean? > > The normal reason for this error is that the file isn't an elf32 > or elf64 executable. Common mistakes are using a lifimage instead > of a 'vmlinux' (e.g., elf kernel). Once someone used a tarball > (of the pre-built kernels on ftp.parisc-linux.org/kernels/32) without > unpacking it first. > > Run 'file' on what you're telling palo to load. > > -P >