From: "J. Roeleveld" <joost@antarean.org>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] request_module: runaway loop
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:40:59 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201008300840.59646.joost@antarean.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201008292306.06453.mdiehl@diehlnet.com>
On Monday 30 August 2010 07:06:05 Mike Diehl wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to build a new duel quad-core server and I'm having some
> problems.
>
> Just after it loads the keymap, I get this error:
>
> request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-464c
>
> A few minutes later, it panics.
>
> I'm loading from a pendrive that I've used before to build servers, so I
> don't THINK it's the installation media.
>
> Some of the search results I got from Goggle (who is my friend, btw)
> indicated that it might be a problem with drive labels. After unplugging
> both drives and retrying, I'm convinced thats not the case.
>
> Other chatter indicated that I was booting a 32-bin kernel in a 64-bit OS,
> or vise versa. Based solely on the name of the failing module, this has
> some credibility, but seems like a stretch since I've not changed the
> pendrive.
>
> Anyone else seen, and fixed, this problem before? Any advise would be
> welcome.
Not seen this myself, but I did find the following page:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=253794
This mentions reinstalling grub solved the issue.
Is the pendrive for a 32bit installation or a 64bit installation?
--
Joost
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2010-08-30 5:06 [gentoo-user] request_module: runaway loop Mike Diehl
2010-08-30 6:40 ` J. Roeleveld [this message]
2010-08-31 6:49 ` Mike Diehl
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