Gentlemen, I tried to install Gentoo Linux 2005.1 on my AMD64 computer with the help of the Universal Installation CD. I strictly followed your instructions step by step and everything ran smoothly... at least till I got to Chapter 6, i.e. "Chrooting into the Gentoo Base System". As a matter of fact, when issuing the command: # chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash Gentoo replies with a gentle but firm "Exec type error" and "unable to find /bin/bash". I tried three more times to install the system but every time I got the same response. Since I've been working with Linux before, i.e. I am not completely new at it, I dare suppose that your forgot to mention something in the instructions or something in the directions you supplied might be wrong. Any idea? Best Paolo Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.install the base system 2.chroot into it 3. Actual Results: "Exec type error" and "unable to find /bin/bash"
Check your stage tarball and the contents of /mnt/gentoo/ If the mounted /mnt/gentoo/ doesn't have a bin/bash under it, something you're doing isn't right.
the fact that you get an 'exec type error' seems like you used the wrong stage
No more input so i assume that it was wrong stage file problem and close. Please reopen if you have different feelings about that.
I got this error using the stage3-amd64-2006.0.tar.bz2, but I was booting from the x86 minimal CD (not the amd64 CD). Should that also fail?
of course x86 livecd is a 32bit kernel ... no way for you to execute 64bit elf's on that
