Re: 2.2.18 - failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k binfmt-464c

Keith Owens (kaos@ocs.com.au)
Thu, 01 Feb 2001 11:44:41 +1100


On Wed, 31 Jan 2001 14:17:56 -0700,
"Josh Higham" <jhigham@bigsky.net> wrote:
>failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k binfmt-464c

You compiled your kernel with support for ELF objects as a module. You
execute an ELF program, the kernel tries to autoload the ELF module
using modprobe which is an ELF program. But you need ELF support to
run modprobe, curse and recurse.

Compile the kernel with builtin ELF, not a module.

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