Bug 49886

Summary:	Unable to chroot with "Centaur VIA Samuel" CPU system
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Andy Biddle <andyb>
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED NEEDINFO
Severity:	blocker
Priority:	High
Version:	2004.1
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Andy Biddle 2004-05-03 12:52:36 UTC

Attempting to install 2004.0 and 2004.1 on a new cheapy motherboard utilizing the VIA CPU, and I get an "Illegal instruction" error message when I get to the spot I'm supposed to chroot to /mnt/gentoo.

Here's the info from DMESG abou the CPU:
Initializing CPU#0
CPU: L1 I Cache: 64K (32 bytes/line), D cache 64K (32 bytes/line)
CPU: L2 Cache: 64K (32 bytes/line)
CPU:     After generic, caps: 00803135 80803035 00000000 00000000
CPU:             Common caps: 00803135 80803035 00000000 00000000
CPU: Centaur VIA Samuel 2 stepping 03

Here's the command and result:
livecd root # chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash
Illegal instruction

I've done this several times now on AMD and P4 systems, so I "sorta" know what I'm doing, so I'm making a bit of an assumption this is a problem with the CPU.  

Should work though, shouldn't it?

Comment 1 Mr. Bones. (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-05-03 14:48:37 UTC

reopen when you provide the information from emerge --info as requested on
the bug submission page.