On 2/22/06 5:03 PM, "Bo Andresen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have just purchased a new computer with a AMD Semphron 2800+ 64 bit
> processor. I am installing it following the gentoo handbook of the amd64
> architecture - only I am using the x86 minimal livecd (2005-r1) and the
> stage3-amd64-2005.1-r1.tar.bz2 tarball. Shouldn that be a problem?
>
> When I get to step 6a (chrooting)
> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml?part=1&chap=6#doc_cha
> p1
> I get the following error:
>
> livecd gentoo # chroot /mnt/gentoo bin/bash
> chroot: cannot run command `bin/bash': Exec format error
I've seen that when chrooting into 64-bit environment from a 32-bit kernel.
You cannot boot from the x86 minimal and use an amd64 stage file. You need
the amd64 boot cd.
>
> I did use LVM2 for partitioning but other than that I have followed the
> handbook very throughly. I hope someone has a solution. Please feel free to
> ask for any information that may be helpful.
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