[gentoo-user] Re: chroot: cannot run command `bin/bash': Exec format error

[Mick <michaelkintzios@lycos.co.uk>]

John Jolet wrote:

> 
> 
> 
> On 2/22/06 5:03 PM, "Bo Andresen" <bo.andresen@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi
>> 
>> I have just purchased a new computer with a AMD Semphron 2800+ 64 bit
>> processor. I am installing it following the gentoo handbook of the amd64
>> architecture - only I am using the x86 minimal livecd (2005-r1) and the
>> stage3-amd64-2005.1-r1.tar.bz2 tarball. Shouldn that be a problem?
>> 
>> When I get to step 6a (chrooting)
>>
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml?part=1&chap=6#doc_cha
>> p1
>> I get the following error:
>> 
>> livecd gentoo # chroot /mnt/gentoo bin/bash
>> chroot: cannot run command `bin/bash': Exec format error
> I've seen that when chrooting into 64-bit environment from a 32-bit
> kernel.
> You cannot boot from the x86 minimal and use an amd64 stage file.  You
> need the amd64 boot cd.
>> 
>> I did use LVM2 for partitioning but other than that I have followed the
>> handbook very throughly. I hope someone has a solution.  Please feel free
>> to ask for any information that may be helpful.
> 
At the same time when you run a command you need to type the path to it
correctly.  In this case the path is preceded by /, as in:
============================
/bin/bash
============================

You really need to double check commands before you hit return as it is easy
to miss a character and the whole sequence goes to pot.
-- 
Regards,
Mick

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