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[Richard Witt <witt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

joe wrote:
> 
> I finally got my 2.4.2 kernel to compile and did the modules etc.
> 
> It boots up until it gets the following error:
> 
> ( kernel 2.2.4 booting)
> 
> failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k binfmt  -464c, error=8
> 
>  then gets stuck in a loop and the erro r keeps repeating.
> 
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> OK, here are the modules I have loaded now in   2.2.16
> cat /proc/modules:
> tulip                  33400   1 (autoclean)
> pci-scan                2608   0 (autoclean) [tulip]
> memstat                 1476   0 (unused)
> g_NCR5380              19396   0 (unused)
> serial                 42484   0 (autoclean)
> 
> What is modprobe trying to load that is hanging my system?
> 
> I tried using a configuration file from the kernel source in 2.2.16 but that
> didn't work too weel either.   Does anyone know of  a generic .config file to
> compile a 2.4.2 kernel to match the kernel options in 2.2.16 included with
> SuSE 7.0? If so where can I get it.
> 
> thanks in advance,
> 

Hi Joe,

	Modprobe is trying to load the binfmt module.  I thought
there used to be several of these (at least up to 2.4.1 there was
binfmt_elf, binfmt_aout, etc.), maybe this has changed in 2.4.1.
In any event, the first thing to check is that you have compiled
support for elf and a.out binaries _into_ the kernel, _not_ as
modules.  These settings are under "General Options" in the kernel
configuration.

		Good Luck,
		   Richard
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