On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 09:41:52PM -0500, Joel Konkle-Parker wrote: > I just compiled a fresh 2.2.20 kernel and rebooted into it for the first > time. During the boot, the kernel went into an endless cycle of the same > error message, something to the effect of "cannot modprobe <switch> > <switch> <switch> binfmt###c; error=8". That's from memory, so I forget > what the switches are, and 'modprobe' could have been "cannot insert > module". I also can't remember the exact name, I just know it started > with binfmt<number>c. The error code is correct. > > Did I set a configuration setting wrong? Possibly, I've never seen that error before. It looks like a misconfiguration, though. > Upon seeing 'binfmt' in the error, I remember I set up the kernel to use > MISC binaries, and unset ELF and JAVA binaries. But the help said I > could do that... Just because the help said you could doesn't mean you should. ELF is what your kernel and modules are probably compiled as; ELF support should be compiled in, while a.out and misc could just be modules. -- Seneca seneca-cunningham@rogers.com
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