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[Jan Ritzerfeld <suse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Am Montag, 4. Februar 2008 schrieb Vahe Avedissian:

> I just used YaST to update to the latest kernel (vmlinuz-2.6.22.16-01). I
> am running openSuSE x64 (AMD) and my machine now hangs early during the
> boot process with the following message repeated several times:
>
> request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-464c
>
> I googled this and all I could find was either 32bie ELF file on an x64
> bit machine, or a bad/incompatible disk controller driver.

For me, your problem looks like 
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=333689

> I suspect the install did not go correctly. What is the best way to back
> off or undo the kernel update and revert to the

The easiest way would be to boot from the 64 bit installation DVD. Then, 
select the grub menu item "Boot Installed System". If this works, you will 
be able to re-install the correct x86_64 kernel by simply using YaST.

HTH
 Jan
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