Bob Drzyzgula <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...]
> First, as to the chroot suggestion, I mentioned to you > privately yesterday (I meant to reply to the list but > didn't), every time I tried to do a chroot on this machine > it would fail with a SIGILL. it must be VIA C3 being declared as i686 and glibc using /lib/i686/* optimised libraries. can you test doing "rm -rf /mnt/lib/i686" after glibc install during install. can you also give /proc/cpuinfo? gwenole & juan, can you have a look at this pb? > > When I got in this morning, the first thing I tried was > to pull the 866MHz Via C3 chip and replace it with a > 866MHz Pentium III. That did the trick -- on the first > try with the new chip, the minimal, recommended install > ran through to completion, and I was able to boot right > into the graphical login. Again, the only difference > was the processor, although I did use a different heat > sink and fan as well. > > So either I have a bad chip, or your compiler optimzation > settings are bad juju in combination with Via C3 chips > in general.
