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dtaylor
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 Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2003 6:04 am Post subject: Install problem at chroot /mnt/gentoo |
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Ive heard very good things about Gentoo and have been wanting to try it for a while. Also, the documentation is the most thorough Ive come across, but I still ran into a problem. In the section snipped below, the step
chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash
results in an error for me. I get Illegal instruction. Ive tried chroot-ing to a handful of other directories and I usually got some other error regarding bash. The only way I could recreate the illegal instruction error was by entering the specific chroot /mnt/gentoo command. I have tried entering this command in other directories. Whats going on?
Ive tried my best to follow the instructions for a GRP installation TO THE LETTER, and have not run into any other issues, even down to the use of ext3 for /dev/hda1 and Reiser for /dev/hda3.
Please help!
| Code: | Code listing 8.6: Prepping and entering the chroot environment
# mount -t proc proc /mnt/gentoo/proc
# cp /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/resolv.conf
# chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash
# env-update
Regenerating /etc/ld.so.cache...
# source /etc/profile
(The above points your shell to the new paths and updated binaries) |
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prometheus0815
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| Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2003 7:13 am Post subject: |
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I can't reproduce that error right now, but you could try the following:
Before you attempt to chroot, ave a look into the directory you want to chroot to (/mnt/gentoo in your case). The command to be executed AFTER the chroot (with new / location, /bin/bash in your case) has to be there. So check whether /mnt/gentoo/bin/bash exists. If it doesn't, try to
| Code: | | # cp /bin/bash /mnt/gentoo/bin/bash |
Additionally, remember this quote from "info chroot":
| Quote: | If COMMAND is not specified, the default is the value
of the `SHELL' environment variable or `/bin/sh' if not set, invoked
with the `-i' option. |
So you might want to try an "echo $shell" before chrooting and skip the /bin/bash command.
Maybe this will help you some. Remember to post a reply in either case.
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Pete_Keller
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dtaylor,
What processor do you have? What CD are you using?
You might have a problem where the CD is compiled for a higher processor than you have (for example athalon-XP cd with an athalon processor)
Pete
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PatG
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| Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2003 11:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Pete_Keller wrote: | | You might have a problem where the CD is compiled for a higher processor than you have (for example athalon-XP cd with an athalon processor) |
I believe this is the correct answer. I did this exact thing and had this problem. |
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dtaylor
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| Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2003 11:35 pm Post subject: D'oh!!! |
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Yep, that was the issue all the time. I feel like a 1st class bonehead! I downloaded the Athlon-XP iso for my home computer, but after burning them thought "Why mess up my working RedHat installation until after I try this out elsewhere?" So I ended up trying to install it on an old Pentium 350MHz.
Duh!
Sorry, everyone. But after waiting for it to download, burn, untar, etc., I totally forgot about them being completely different processors!
Thanks very much for the replies, though! |
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Pete_Keller
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dtaylor,
That is why I download the bare bones 386 iso, and then perform a stage 1 install, never have to worry that it is not complient (just that hell will freeze over before the 386 is finished  )
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