[gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo 2005.1 on an SATA drive

[gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo 2005.1 on an SATA drive

[Jamie Dobbs]

I have been trying to install Gentoo 2005.1 on an SATA drive connected to
a Silicon Image chipset controller. The SATA interface and drive are found
at boot, I then create 3 parititions:

/dev/sda1 32M  /boot
/dev/sda2 512M
/dev/sda3 40GB /

Then I go through the usual process of untarring a stage3 tarball, copying
over a portage snapshot and distfiles etc. all goes well, the files are on
the partitions and all looks fine.

The issue occurs when I try to chroot into the new environment when
issuing the command chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash I get the error
"segmentation fault" and cannot chroot into the new environment.

Is there likely to be something that I am doing wrong? Is there another
set of instructions specifically for an SATA install?

I had issues getting the drive to work in Windows as well until I removed
by Pinannacle PCTV card after which Windows found the drive with no
problems - could it perhaps be that this caused a hardware conflict that
caused the above error? I haven't had the time to try the install again
since removing the PCTV card but would like to know if there is anything
different I need to do to install Gentoo to an SATA disk.

Cheers

Jamie

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Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo 2005.1 on an SATA drive

[Mark Knecht]

On 9/5/05, Jamie Dobbs <jamie.dobbs@orcon.net.nz> wrote:
> I have been trying to install Gentoo 2005.1 on an SATA drive connected to
> a Silicon Image chipset controller. The SATA interface and drive are found
> at boot, I then create 3 parititions:
> 
> /dev/sda1 32M  /boot
> /dev/sda2 512M
> /dev/sda3 40GB /
> 
> Then I go through the usual process of untarring a stage3 tarball, copying
> over a portage snapshot and distfiles etc. all goes well, the files are on
> the partitions and all looks fine.
> 
> The issue occurs when I try to chroot into the new environment when
> issuing the command chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash I get the error
> "segmentation fault" and cannot chroot into the new environment.
> 
> Is there likely to be something that I am doing wrong? Is there another
> set of instructions specifically for an SATA install?

No, everything is normal. I've brought up one this wekk and a few
before. No problems other than finding the drive. You've already done
that.

> 
> I had issues getting the drive to work in Windows as well until I removed
> by Pinannacle PCTV card after which Windows found the drive with no
> problems - could it perhaps be that this caused a hardware conflict that
> caused the above error? I haven't had the time to try the install again
> since removing the PCTV card but would like to know if there is anything
> different I need to do to install Gentoo to an SATA disk.

Nothing at all different.

To me this sounds more like some driver having trouble after the
chroot command. My machines are ATI and Via chipsets with SATA built
in. You are using the Silicon Image chips. Maybe that driver has some
issues?

This is the kernel on the 2005.1 CD, correct? That's a pretty new kernel.

- Mark

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Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo 2005.1 on an SATA drive

[Jamie Dobbs]

<snip>
>
> To me this sounds more like some driver having trouble after the
> chroot command. My machines are ATI and Via chipsets with SATA built
> in. You are using the Silicon Image chips. Maybe that driver has some
> issues?
>
> This is the kernel on the 2005.1 CD, correct? That's a pretty new kernel.

Yes, this is using the Kernel from the 2005.1 CD



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Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo 2005.1 on an SATA drive

[John Jolet]

I

On Sep 5, 2005, at 5:17 PM, Jamie Dobbs wrote:

> <snip>
>
>>
>> To me this sounds more like some driver having trouble after the
>> chroot command. My machines are ATI and Via chipsets with SATA built
>> in. You are using the Silicon Image chips. Maybe that driver has some
>> issues?
>>
>> This is the kernel on the 2005.1 CD, correct? That's a pretty new  
>> kernel.
>>
>
> Yes, this is using the Kernel from the 2005.1 CD
>
  installed both 32-bit and 64-bit machines on sata drives with the  
2005.1 install cds.  Mine were nvidia chipsets, and used the nv_sata  
drivers.  No problems chrooting.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo 2005.1 on an SATA drive

[Nick Rout]

are you mixing a 32 bit install cd with a 64 bit stage 3?


On Tue, 6 Sep 2005 09:56:02 +1200 (NZST)
Jamie Dobbs wrote:

> The issue occurs when I try to chroot into the new environment when
> issuing the command chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash I get the error
> "segmentation fault" and cannot chroot into the new environ

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Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo 2005.1 on an SATA drive

[Jamie Dobbs]

> are you mixing a 32 bit install cd with a 64 bit stage 3?

I don't believe so, but will double check tonight

> On Tue, 6 Sep 2005 09:56:02 +1200 (NZST)
> Jamie Dobbs wrote:
>
>> The issue occurs when I try to chroot into the new environment when
>> issuing the command chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash I get the error
>> "segmentation fault" and cannot chroot into the new environ
>
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>
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Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo 2005.1 on an SATA drive

[Mark Shields]

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It so happens I'm using the sil_3112r chipset, running 2 SATA drives, 
multiple partitions. Never received any of these errors. While that doesn't 
really help you much, you can be sure it should work :P

On 9/5/05, Jamie Dobbs <jamie.dobbs@orcon.net.nz> wrote:
> 
> > are you mixing a 32 bit install cd with a 64 bit stage 3?
> 
> I don't believe so, but will double check tonight
> 
> > On Tue, 6 Sep 2005 09:56:02 +1200 (NZST)
> > Jamie Dobbs wrote:
> >
> >> The issue occurs when I try to chroot into the new environment when
> >> issuing the command chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash I get the error
> >> "segmentation fault" and cannot chroot into the new environ
> >
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> > Nick Rout <nick@rout.co.nz>
> >
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> >
> >
> >
> >
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RE: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo 2005.1 on an SATA drive

[Michael Kintzios]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jamie Dobbs [mailto:jamie.dobbs@orcon.net.nz] 
> Sent: 06 September 2005 00:48
> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo 2005.1 on an SATA drive
> 
> 
> > are you mixing a 32 bit install cd with a 64 bit stage 3?
> 
> I don't believe so, but will double check tonight
> 
> > On Tue, 6 Sep 2005 09:56:02 +1200 (NZST)
> > Jamie Dobbs wrote:
> >
> >> The issue occurs when I try to chroot into the new environment when
> >> issuing the command chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash I get the error
> >> "segmentation fault" and cannot chroot into the new environ

Have you checked that the LiveCD image is not corrupt (dodgy CD burn or
download)?
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Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo 2005.1 on an SATA drive

[Fernando Meira]

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On 9/6/05, Michael Kintzios <michaelkintzios@lycos.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> Have you checked that the LiveCD image is not corrupt (dodgy CD burn or
> download)?
> 

I helped installing Gentoo 2005.1 on a SATA machine last weekend and we were 
faced with similar problems. No segfault, but after chrooting the disk was 
no longer there, and errors arose while trying to write to it. After a few 
tries, the solution was to download a new CD and check if it was corrupt, 
along with the stage file and portage tarball used. You should try this, if 
you didn't check it in your prior installation.

HTH,
Fernando

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