3. General Kernel setup

Note: you can't have both a.out and ELF support compiled as modules. Otherwise, you get a nice Catch-22 when you try to run insmod to install a.out/ELF support so you can run insmod ;-). If you have an all-ELF system, but need a.out for the occasional Netscape session, then you can do a.out support as a module. Otherwise, you should probably leave it in the kernel, and if you haven't gone ELF yet, you can probably leave out ELF compleately.

3.1 Kernel support for a.out binaries (binfmt_aout.o).

Load command:
        /sbin/modprobe binfmt_aout.o

        No module parameters.

3.2 Kernel support for ELF binaries (binfmt_elf.o).

Load command:
        /sbin/modprobe binfmt_elf.o

        No module parameters.

3.3 Kernel support for JAVA binaries (binfmt_java.o).

JAVA is an object oriented programming language developed by SUN; JAVA programs are compiled into "JAVA bytecode" which can then be interpreted by run time systems on many different operating systems. These JAVA binaries are becoming a universal executable format. This option allows you to run a Java binary just like any other Linux program: by typing in its name.

Load command:
        /sbin/modprobe binfmt_java.o

        No module parameters.