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Re: Kernel errors



On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 09:41:52PM -0500, Joel Konkle-Parker wrote:
> 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".

Gee, turn off ELF, or something?

> Did I set a configuration setting wrong?

You think?

> 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...

The fact that you can poke a needle into your eye too, doesn't mean that
you should do it.

At an estimate, 99% of the binaries on your box are probably ELF, unless
you're actually using one of the few arches that're still a.out.

-- 
 Marc Wilson |     Error in operator: add beer
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