From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 31 Jan 2001 19:45:14 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 31 Jan 2001 19:45:04 -0500 Received: from pneumatic-tube.sgi.com ([204.94.214.22]:6203 "EHLO pneumatic-tube.sgi.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 31 Jan 2001 19:44:49 -0500 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 From: Keith Owens To: "Josh Higham" cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.2.18 - failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k binfmt-464c In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 31 Jan 2001 14:17:56 PDT." <01d801c08bcb$49981720$3ceefcce@adhara.bigsky.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 11:44:41 +1100 Message-ID: <9912.980988281@kao2.melbourne.sgi.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 31 Jan 2001 14:17:56 -0700, "Josh Higham" 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. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/