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Apo

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Registered: 2009-01-28

Posts: 3

request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-464c

Hi,
I'm getting this error while booting a fresh install from the latest core iso (used the packages on the CD instead of downloading). After this, the boot process stops. The box still responds to keyboard input, though.
I've already reinstalled once, but still get the error. This seems to be caused by some x86-x86_64 incompability, but I have no idea what could be the reason for that, since it's after all a fresh install...
My root partition is on an encrypted md raid, could that somehow be related?
Any advice would be highly appreciated.

--Apo

HyperBaton

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2008-01-18

Posts: 207

Re: request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-464c

Bump.

I'm having the same issue. I installed Arch64 for the first time on a seperate disk, no raid or anything. When I boot the normal Arch, it crashes with a kernel panic during boot. When I boot the fallback image, I get the same error as the poster.

Does anyone have any suggestions? My Linux skills have become a bit rusty I'm afraid.

Apo

Member

Registered: 2009-01-28

Posts: 3

Re: request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-464c

While I'm not sure (it's been a while), I think my solution was to simply chroot into the new Arch64 install from a live CD and do a pacman -Syu.
HTH.

HyperBaton

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2008-01-18

Posts: 207

Re: request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt-464c

I fixed my problem, it seems the hard drive numbers got switched in the menu.lst file. Arch64 was trying to boot off the 32-bit partition and vice versa. This must have happened when I switched the hard drive boot order in BIOS. God, I hate problems like these.