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["David C. Rankin" <drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jan Ritzerfeld wrote:
> 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

        All of the old kernels are contained in the /updates repository.

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