After failing with the graphical installer i decided to try with the minimall install CD, here is the outcome. Everything went ok until i reach the compilation of the kernel (using genkernel, but the same happens if i use make menuconfig), then i get this error:<br><br>First i thought it was some issue regarding genkernel and ReiserFS so i switch to ext3 and got the exact same result. <br><br>I am really about to lose it here. could be some issue with SATA? i am installing on a SATA disk.<br><br>(chroot) livecd linux # genkernel --menuconfig all<br>* Gentoo Linux Genkernel; Version 3.4.8<br>* Running with options: --menuconfig all <br><br># Linux Kernel 2.6.22-gentoo-r5 for x86_64...<br># configuration written to .config<br># config: Using config from /usr/share/genkernel/x86_64<div id="mb_13">/kernel-config-2.6<br>* Previous config backed up to .config.bak <br>* >> Running oldconfig...<br>*** End of Linux kernel configuration.<br>*** Execute 'make' to build the kernel or try 'make help'.<br><br>* kernel: >> Making dependencies...<br>* ERROR: Failed to compile the "prepare" target... <br><br>* -- Grepping log... --<br><br> SHIPPED scripts/kconfig/lex.zconf.c<br> SHIPPED scripts/kconfig/zconf.hash.c<br> HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.o<br> HOSTLD scripts/kconfig/conf<br>scripts/kconfig/conf -o arch/x86_64/Kconfig <br>.config:47:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol VM86<br>.config:148:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol GART_IOMMU<br>.config:161:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol REORDER<br>.config:182:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol ACPI_HOTKEY <br>.config:188:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol ACPI_IBM<br>.config:189:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol ACPI_IBM_DOCK<br>.config:288:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol NETDEBUG<br>.config:351:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol NET_DIVERT <br>.config:512:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol PARIDE_PARPORT<br>.config:594:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol IDEDMA_PCI_AUTO<br>.config:625:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol IDEDMA_AUTO <br>.config:679:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol AIC79XX_ENABLE_RD_STRM<br>.config:688:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol SCSI_SATA<br>.config:689:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol SCSI_SATA_AHCI <br>.config:690:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol SCSI_SATA_SVW<br>.config:691:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol SCSI_ATA_PIIX<br>.config:692:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol SCSI_SATA_MV <br>.config:693:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol SCSI_SATA_NV<br>.config:694:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol SCSI_PDC_ADMA<br>.config:695:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol SCSI_SATA_QSTOR <br>.config:696:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol SCSI_SATA_PROMISE<br>.config:697:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol SCSI_SATA_SX4<br>.config:698:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol SCSI_SATA_SIL <br>.config:699:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol SCSI_SATA_SIL24<br>.config:700:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol SCSI_SATA_SIS<br>.config:701:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol SCSI_SATA_ULI <br>.config:702:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol SCSI_SATA_VIA<br>.config:703:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol SCSI_SATA_VITESSE<br>.config:704:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol SCSI_SATA_INTEL_COMBINED <br>.config:731:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol SCSI_QLA2XXX_EMBEDDED_FIRMWARE<br>.config:753:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol MD_RAID5<br>.config:755:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol MD_RAID6 <br>.config:787:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol IEEE1394_OUI_DB<br>.config:788:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol IEEE1394_EXTRA_CONFIG_ROMS<br>.config:789:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol IEEE1394_CONFIG_ROM_IP1394 <br>.config:790:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol IEEE1394_EXPORT_FULL_API<br>.config:955:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol NET_RADIO<br>.config:956:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol NET_WIRELESS_RTNETLINK <br>.config:978:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol IPW_QOS<br>.config:1015:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol NET_WIRELESS<br>.config:1038:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol SYNCLINK_SYNCPPP <br> .config:1055:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol DLCI_COUNT<br>.config:1451:warning: symbol value 'm' invalid for VIDEO_V4L2<br>.config:1532:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol DVB<br>.config:1535:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol VIDEO_VIDEOBUF <br>.config:1551:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol FB_FIRMWARE_EDID<br>.config:1604:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol BACKLIGHT_DEVICE<br>.config:1606:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol LCD_DEVICE <br>.config:1612:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol SPEAKUP<br>.config:1613:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol SPEAKUP_ACNTSA<br>.config:1614:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol SPEAKUP_ACNTPC <br>.config:1615:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol SPEAKUP_APOLLO<br>.config:1616:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol SPEAKUP_AUDPTR<br>.config:1617:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol SPEAKUP_BNS <br>.config:1618:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol SPEAKUP_DECTLK<br>.config:1619:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol SPEAKUP_DECEXT<br>.config:1620:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol SPEAKUP_DECPC <br>.config:1621:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol SPEAKUP_DTLK<br>.config:1622:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol SPEAKUP_KEYPC<br>.config:1623:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol SPEAKUP_LTLK <br>.config:1624:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol SPEAKUP_SFTSYN<br>.config:1625:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol SPEAKUP_SPKOUT<br>.config:1626:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol SPEAKUP_TXPRT <br>.config:1631:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol SPEAKUP_DEFAULT<br>.config:1668:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol SND_AC97_BUS<br>.config:1757:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol USB_BANDWIDTH <br>.config:1770:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol USB_OHCI_BIG_ENDIAN<br>.config:1806:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol USB_HIDINPUT<br>.config:1819:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol USB_AIPTEK <br>.config:1820:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol USB_WACOM<br>.config:1821:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol USB_ACECAD<br>.config:1822:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol USB_KBTAB<br>.config:1823:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol USB_POWERMATE <br>.config:1824:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol USB_TOUCHSCREEN<br>.config:1825:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol USB_TOUCHSCREEN_EGALAX<br>.config:1826:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol USB_TOUCHSCREEN_PANJIT <br>.config:1827:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol USB_TOUCHSCREEN_3M<br>.config:1828:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol USB_TOUCHSCREEN_ITM<br>.config:1829:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol USB_YEALINK <br>.config:1830:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol USB_XPAD<br>.config:1831:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol USB_ATI_REMOTE<br>.config:1832:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol USB_ATI_REMOTE2 <br>.config:1833:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol USB_KEYSPAN_REMOTE<br>.config:1834:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol USB_APPLETOUCH<br>.config:1872:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol USB_SERIAL_ANYDATA <br>.config:1968:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol IPATH_CORE<br>.config:1988:warning: symbol value 'm' invalid for RTC_INTF_SYSFS<br>.config:1989:warning: symbol value 'm' invalid for RTC_INTF_PROC <br>.config:1990:warning: symbol value 'm' invalid for RTC_INTF_DEV<br>.config:2037:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol XFS_EXPORT<br>.config:2061:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol ZISOFS_FS<br> .config:2151:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol RXRPC<br>.config:2244:warning: trying to assign nonexistent symbol UNWIND_INFO<br>--<br>* Bus options (PCI etc.)<br>*<br>PCI support (PCI) [Y] y<br> Support mmconfig PCI config space access (PCI_MMCONFIG) [Y/n] y <br> PCI Express support (PCIEPORTBUS) [Y/n/?] y<br> Root Port Advanced Error Reporting support (PCIEAER) [Y/n/?] (NEW) Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI and MSI-X) (PCI_MSI) [Y/n/?] y<br>--<br>SCSI media changer support (CHR_DEV_SCH) [M/n/y/?] m <br>*<br>* Some SCSI devices (e.g. CD jukebox) support multiple LUNs<br>*<br>Probe all LUNs on each SCSI device (SCSI_MULTI_LUN) [N/y/?] n<br>Verbose SCSI error reporting (kernel size +=12K) (SCSI_CONSTANTS) [N/y/?] n<br> --<br> QLogic InfiniPath Driver (INFINIBAND_IPATH) [M/n/?] m<br> Ammasso 1100 HCA support (INFINIBAND_AMSO1100) [N/m/?] (NEW) Mellanox ConnectX HCA support (MLX4_INFINIBAND) [N/m/?] (NEW) IP-over-InfiniBand (INFINIBAND_IPOIB) [M/n/?] m <br> IP-over-InfiniBand Connected Mode support (INFINIBAND_IPOIB_CM) [N/y/?] (NEW) IP-over-InfiniBand debugging (INFINIBAND_IPOIB_DEBUG) [N/y/?] n<br> InfiniBand SCSI RDMA Protocol (INFINIBAND_SRP) [M/n/?] m<br> iSCSI Extensions for RDMA (iSER) (INFINIBAND_ISER) [N/m/?] (NEW) * <br>* EDAC - error detection and reporting (RAS) (EXPERIMENTAL)<br>*<br>EDAC core system error reporting (EXPERIMENTAL) (EDAC) [N/m/y/?] n<br>--<br>COMMAND: make j1 menuconfig<br>* kernel: >> Making dependencies... <br>COMMAND: make -j2 CC="gcc" LD="ld" AS="as"<br> HOSTLD scripts/kconfig/conf<br>scripts/kconfig/conf -s arch/x86_64/Kconfig<br>*** Warning: make dep is unnecessary now.<br>--<br> from include/linux/preempt.h:9, <br> from include/linux/spinlock.h:49,<br> from include/linux/module.h:9,<br> from include/linux/crypto.h:21,<br> from arch/x86_64/kernel/asm-offsets.c:7:<br> include/asm/page.h:89:2: error: #error "CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START must be a multiple of 2MB"<br>make[1]: *** [arch/x86_64/kernel/asm-offsets.s] Error 1<br>make: *** [prepare0] Error 2<br>* Gentoo Linux Genkernel; Version 3.4.8<br>* Running with options: --menuconfig all<br><br>* ERROR: Failed to compile the "prepare" target...<br><br>* -- End log... --<br><br>* Please consult /var/log/genkernel.log for more information and any<br> * errors that were reported above.<br><br>* Report any genkernel bugs to <a href="http://bugs.gentoo.org/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">bugs.gentoo.org</a> and<br>* assign your bug to <a href="mailto:genkernel@gentoo.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">genkernel@gentoo.org</a>. Please include <br>* as much information as you can in your bug report; attaching<br>* /var/log/genkernel.log so that your issue can be dealt with effectively.<br>*<br>* Please do *not* report compilation failures as genkernel bugs!<br> *</div>