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
