Can't boot install CD on AMD64

iammzz · n00b Joined: 29 Jun 2006 Posts: 49

I just bought an AMD64 computer and can't seem to boot Gentoo on it.

I downloaded the amd64 installCD as well as the liveCD, both of which can't boot.

Normally, it just displays a black screen waiting to reboot, but when i booted with gentoo-nofb, it stopped at lines which show

gentleman · Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 5:48 pm Post subject:

iammzz,

at first you should tell me what you want to do. Install gentoo? Then you can install it e.g. from Knoppix. Gentoo Live CD has sometimes trouble with different CD-ROM devices.
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iammzz · n00b Joined: 29 Jun 2006 Posts: 49

I am under KNOPPIX right now, but I can't install Gentoo because I can't chroot into the new environment.

This may or may not be because I have a 32-bit KNOPPIX.

gentleman · Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 6:28 pm Post subject:

What is the error message when you want to chroot?
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iammzz · n00b Joined: 29 Jun 2006 Posts: 49

I don't remember exactly, but it was something like "Cannot exec /bin/bash" or something.

gentleman · Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 7:48 pm Post subject:

hm, but that would be of great importance.

iammzz · n00b Joined: 29 Jun 2006 Posts: 49

I'm pretty sure it exists.

cyrillic · Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 1:08 am Post subject:

gentleman · Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 7:28 am Post subject:

cyrillic,

Yeah, that is pretty good to know ...

iammzz,

Sorry that I could not help out.
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iammzz · n00b Joined: 29 Jun 2006 Posts: 49

Can someone help me find a 64-bit cd then?

For some odd reason, the Gentoo cds won't boot (I've tried 3!), and the KNOPPIX 64-bit version (unofficial) doesn't seem to have 64-bit chroot (is that important, or just the kernel?).

madisonicus · Veteran Joined: 20 Sep 2006 Posts: 1130

You could try the 2006.1 minimal install CD from the downloads page. I had no trouble booting into my AMD64 Toledo 4400+ with it.

If that doesn't work you can try the search feature at http://www.distrowatch.com which will let you look for 64 bit specific distros. Look for x86_64.

Also, what are some specifics on your machine? When I first fired up my ASUS A8N-SLI (http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Asus_A8N-SLI) I had to update the motherboard's firmware so it could talk to my SATA HDD.

Let us know how it's coming along.

iammzz · n00b Joined: 29 Jun 2006 Posts: 49

I installed Gentoo through a 64-bit KANOTIX cd, which worked flawlessly; however, the actualy Gentoo install now returns the exact same error!

lucianolev · n00b Joined: 19 Sep 2006 Posts: 31

Hi! What motherboard do you have? I had also bought a few weeks ago an AMD64 computer with an ASUS M2NPV-VM motherbord and just won't boot with Gentoo 2006.1 AMD64 Minimal Install CD. After searching in Google, I found out that my mother does not boot with a 2.6.17 linux kernel. The solution? I downloaded 2006.0 that come with 2.6.15 kernel and install gentoo from there. Then I upgrade all my system, except for the kernel and everything works flawlessly now.

Hope it helps. Bye.

caratorn · n00b Joined: 05 Oct 2006 Posts: 2 Location: Paris, France

I have the same motherboard as you lucinolev, there's a solution to run the latest kernels :
try to boot with the noapic option enabled.