failed to exec modprobe -- serious trouble


Subject: failed to exec modprobe -- serious trouble
From: Paul J. Lucas (pjl@best.com)
Date: Sat Oct 21 2000 - 16:09:16 MDT


        I upgraded a few RPMs (initscripts, setup) in preparation for
        trying out XFree86 4.0.1 since they were needed as
        prerequisites. I them upgraded XFree86 and my PowerBook screen
        went black. OK, so I rebooted.

        Upon reboot, I got a message like:

        kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k binfmt -4c46 errno=8

        repeatedly. I'm now stuck. I can't boot into Linux any more
        via BootX. Trying old kernels I have gets me the same result.

        I think I'm in deep trouble. Anybody know how to fix this?

        The only thing that works so far is that I can boot into the
        YDL installed off the ramdisk image. Can I reinstall YDL
        (without formatting the disks) and still have all my data be
        there? Is there a less drastic measure?

        Help!

        - Paul



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