My guess this is normal, since you need either: amd64 install disk or ia64 
install disk: http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/where.xml

On 9/1/05, John Jolet <john@jolet.net> wrote:
> 
> I get that when I boot from a 32-bit boot disk and try to chroot into a 
> 64-bit
> environment....or vice versa....
> On Thursday 01 September 2005 19:06, Ian K wrote:
> > Hi there,
> > When I run chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash,
> > I get:
> >
> > chroot: cannot run command `/bin/bash': Exec format
> > error
> >
> > Any ideas?
> > Thanks!!
> > Ian
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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