chroot problem

cascamorto · Guru Joined: 28 Feb 2005 Posts: 373

i've followed the x86 handbook step by step (even partitioning table is the same) the only thing i changed was that i made my root partition reiserfs. Now when i get to chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash i get this why? i've bin through the handbook to this point 3 times formatting and downloading iso again and downloading the tar files. (doin a stage2 install)

kimchi_sg · Advocate Joined: 26 Nov 2004 Posts: 2969

Are you downloading the correct stage tarball for your processor? For example, a stage 2 for pentium 3 will not run on a Athlon processor.

cascamorto · Guru Joined: 28 Feb 2005 Posts: 373

yes corrently running slackware and my processor (via C3) is a i686 so i went into the x86 menu and picked i686... thats right no?

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 6:31 pm Post subject:

cascamorto,

I though a C3 was a i586 because it has a few i686 instructions missing.
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cascamorto · Guru Joined: 28 Feb 2005 Posts: 373

i'm not really sure but slackware has it down as i686 and i haven't experienced any problems... is there some kind of list that i can look up my exact model?
anyway it's a C3 samuel 800Mhz looked around on google but i can't find a list or any reference to what the samuel is

genblood · Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 7:42 pm Post subject:

Doesn't the C3 chip support more X86 intructions compared to the AMDi586... ? You might
try the X86 stages .... The Via C3 is more intel complant ... More likely the x86 would be a
better choice.

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 8:13 pm Post subject:

genblood,

Yes it does - but not all of them. I think it only has compare and exchange missing but thats enough.
gcc may have C3 support. If it does, it will make the best use of the C3.

Using a i586 tarball does not mean installing a i586 system
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cascamorto · Guru Joined: 28 Feb 2005 Posts: 373

thank you....will try and let u know... even though the comp i was workin on is at pieces at the moment cuz i'm workin on a custom case...

check this out it's really cool (i'm a bit of a hardware junkie)[url] www.mini-itx.com/store

and one more question anyone been able to fire one of these up on linux : http://www.virtual-laser-keyboard.com/?an=google ??

before i spend 200 dollars for nothing.... wouldn't be the first time.

nixnut · Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2006 11:54 am Post subject:

Moved from Installing Gentoo to Duplicate Threads.
See https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-12448.html#12448
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