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SubjectRe: 2.3.13 boot problem - failed to exec /sbin/modprobe
Mike Frisch wrote:

> I just compiled and installed 2.3.13 on a basically stock RedHat 6.0
> installation. The boot proceeds up until:
>
> VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
> Freeing unused kernel memory: 76k freed
> kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k binfmt-0000, errno=2
> kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k binfmt-0000, errno=2
>
> What is "binfmt-0000"? I see modules "binfmt_aout.o" and "binfmt_misc.o"
> in my /lib/modules/2.3.13/fs directory. Are these somehow related?
> (CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y in my .config)

Have you tried if it works, if you say CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=y?
Maybe /sbin/modprobe is an a.out exec on your system?

>
>
> Software: egcs-2.91.66, modutils-2.1.121-12
>
> Hardware: Soyo BX motherboard, Celeron 300A (not overclocked for this
> test), 128MB SDRAM. 10GB EIDE hard drive. /boot resides under 1024
> cylinder barrier, / resides above 1024 cylinder barrier.
>
> Any assistance is greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike.
>

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