Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 14 Nov 1999 23:02:41 +0000 (GMT) | From | Shaw Carruthers <> | Subject | Re: kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k binfmt-0000, errno=8, 12 |
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On Sun, 14 Nov 1999, Richard Zidlicky wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 14, 1999 at 05:07:29PM +0000, Eleonora Autore wrote: > > Hi guys, > > > > I tried to make two floppies - LILO boot and compressed root to be loaded > > to ramdisk. The kernel on boot disk is 2.3.28 and I get unending sequence > > of messages on the console after it attempts to load the ramdisk: > > > > kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k binfmt-0000, errno=8 > > kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k binfmt-0000, errno=12 > > > > errno=8 is ENOEXEC and 12 is ENOMEM, so I would guess 8 could be caused > > by me forgetting to compile ELF support and 12 by specifying the wrong > > ramdisk_size so I checked both and they are correct. > > binfmt-0000 happens to me always when I to exec a zero length file. (2.2.x) > I guess this could be classified as a kernel bug but no idea why you are > getting it - unless your ramdisk fs is corrupted. > No idea what it is trying to execute? >
You can fix this with:
alias binfmt-0000 off
in /etc/modules.conf.
-- Shaw Carruthers - shaw@shawc.demon.co.uk London SW14 7JW UK This is not a sig( with homage to Magritte).
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