[GLLUG] chroot on a new gentoo installation

[Gordon Keesler]

At 03:21 PM 12/15/2003 -0500, you wrote:

>Im in the process of installing Gentoo on another computer. Im following 
>the Gentoo Linux 1.4 Installation Instructions 
>(<http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-install.xml>http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-install.xml).
>
>I followed the steps for a GRP and Stage3 install. Im trying to chroot to 
>the new install (Im running off of the gentoo liveCd). When I enter the 
>command chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bashI get a message saying illegal 
>instruction. I have done the installation steps several times, 
>re-partitioning the hard drive several times.


First, you really should use 
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook.xml to install gentoo.

Second, are you sure you extracted the correct stage for your system ?

Lots of posts like this are on the gentoo forum and most of them are 
resolved by using the correct stage tarball for their
hardware architecture.

See http://forums.gentoo.org/viewforum.php?f=14 and search for "chroot 
illegal operation" etc..

Good luck!

-Gordon Keesler [aSe at SysFail.com]