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From: Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au>
To: "Josh Higham" <jhigham@bigsky.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.2.18 - failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k binfmt-464c
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 11:44:41 +1100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <9912.980988281@kao2.melbourne.sgi.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 31 Jan 2001 14:17:56 PDT." <01d801c08bcb$49981720$3ceefcce@adhara.bigsky.net>

On Wed, 31 Jan 2001 14:17:56 -0700, 
"Josh Higham" <jhigham@bigsky.net> wrote:
>failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k binfmt-464c

You compiled your kernel with support for ELF objects as a module.  You
execute an ELF program, the kernel tries to autoload the ELF module
using modprobe which is an ELF program.  But you need ELF support to
run modprobe, curse and recurse.

Compile the kernel with builtin ELF, not a module.

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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-01-31 21:17 2.2.18 - failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k binfmt-464c Josh Higham
2001-02-01  0:44 ` Keith Owens [this message]
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2001-01-31 23:18 Mikael Pettersson

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