Last week I installed WinXP64 on my box.
This week I need to use my slackware 11, so I got my install dvd, boot
the computer using it to reinstall lilo.

Kernel used: huge26.s

# cd mnt/
# mkdir slack
# mount /de/sda3 slack/
# chroot slack/

chroot: cannot execute \bin\sh : exec format error


I also tried


# chroot /dev/sda3 /bin/bash

chroot: cannot change root directory to /dev/sda3 : not a directory


# chroot /mnt/slack /bin/bash

chroot: cannot execute \bin\bash : exec format error



sata.i root=/dev/sda3 noinitrd ro
kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -k -s binfmt -464c,errno = 8


huge26.s root=/dev/sda3 noinitrd ro
request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt -464c


What's wrong with chroot ?
How can I fix this ?

Darcy Bittencourt wrote:

> chroot: cannot execute \bin\sh : exec format error

Looks to me like you didn't actually boot the Slackware CD. My guess is
you're trying to run chroot from within Windows (does windows _have_ a
chroot?)

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Sylvain Robitaille syl@alcor.concordia.ca

Systems and Network analyst Concordia University
Instructional & Information Technology Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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On 24 Apr 2007 20:13:22 -0700, Darcy Bittencourt <d4rkt3mpl4r@gmail.com> wrote:

>Last week I installed WinXP64 on my box.
>This week I need to use my slackware 11, so I got my install dvd, boot
>the computer using it to reinstall lilo.
>
>Kernel used: huge26.s
>
># cd mnt/
># mkdir slack
># mount /de/sda3 slack/
># chroot slack/

lilo -r /mnt/slack

No chroot required, otherwise 'chroot /mnt/slack' and continue on
your merry way...

Grant.
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http://bugsplatter.mine.nu/

Darcy Bittencourt wrote on 04/24/07 20:13:

> Last week I installed WinXP64 on my box.
> This week I need to use my slackware 11, so I got my install dvd, boot
> the computer using it to reinstall lilo.
>
> Kernel used: huge26.s
>
> # cd mnt/
> # mkdir slack
> # mount /de/sda3 slack/
> # chroot slack/
>
> chroot: cannot execute \bin\sh : exec format error
>
>
> I also tried
>
>
> # chroot /dev/sda3 /bin/bash
>
> chroot: cannot change root directory to /dev/sda3 : not a directory
>
>
> # chroot /mnt/slack /bin/bash
>
> chroot: cannot execute \bin\bash : exec format error
>
>
>
> sata.i root=/dev/sda3 noinitrd ro
> kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -k -s binfmt -464c,errno = 8
>
>
> huge26.s root=/dev/sda3 noinitrd ro
> request_module: runaway loop modprobe binfmt -464c
>
>
> What's wrong with chroot ?
> How can I fix this ?

Looks like the Linux partition is corrupted.
I don't know enough about 64-bit Windows, but it may have done some weird stuff
to the master boot record. If you can't fix that with lilo, you may have to
reinstall Slack.

Once upon a time,Wed, 25 Apr 2007 03:23:45 +0000 to be exact, Sylvain
Robitaille wrote:

> My guess is you're trying to run chroot from within Windows (does
> windows _have_ a chroot?)

Nah, dos doesn't have a chroot. dos doesn't have anything. only a hand
full of barely documented commands that always seem to overwrite your MBR.

Roel

Once upon a time,Tue, 24 Apr 2007 20:13:22 -0700 to be exact, Darcy
Bittencourt wrote:

> Kernel used: huge26.s
>
> # cd mnt/
> # mkdir slack
> # mount /de/sda3 slack/

/dev/sda3 i presume?

> # chroot slack/
>
> chroot: cannot execute \bin\sh : exec format error

why are the slashes in the wrong direction?

> I also tried
>
>
> # chroot /dev/sda3 /bin/bash
>
> chroot: cannot change root directory to /dev/sda3 : not a directory

This doesn't work. /dev/sda3 is a device file, not the mount point.

> # chroot /mnt/slack /bin/bash
>
> chroot: cannot execute \bin\bash : exec format error

This, on the other hand is sensible.

maybe WinXP64 changed partition numbers? verify (using fdisk -l) that the
partition table is the same. this can also show some errors.

Roel

lilo -r /mnt/slack

I'll try this.


>
> maybe WinXP64 changed partition numbers? verify (using fdisk -l) that the
> partition table is the same. this can also show some errors.
>
> Roel

If the partition numbers were changed I won't be able to mount it.

# mount /de/sda3 /mnt/slack
I can mount the partition without problems.
The problem is with the chroot.