I'm trying to install Gentoo from stage1 into a laptop Compaq Presario 1200 - XL 122. About its processor, kernel says AMD K6-3d, so I've setted make.conf with 686 architecture and march as K6-2 and opt. 3 (is it correct?).
Looks correct, yes.
After bootstrap sequence starts all seems fine, Gcc is ok, then script installs it and starts compiling GLIBC (after about 6 hours from bootstrap start). The problem is that the GLIBC compilation stops with error. I didn't write error message down, but it talks about an illegal instruction.
Faulty memory/overheating CPU
You PC is, no doubt, not used to 6 hours of running at 100% CPU usage :)
I'd run memtest86, check your CPU temperature during compiling with lm-sensors, and generally check your fans for dust.
My opinion is that the GCC version compiled for my system is unstable. Perhaps my make.conf settings are too aggressive or bad?
That's really unlikely. During a compile of glibc, the compiler would be likely to use the faulty instructions more often than once in 6 hours.
If you want to be totally sure, recompile glibc, and see if it stops in the same place.
Thanks for help
In the end, if compiling is a problem, use distcc to lever the power of an external machine, or compile the whole stage1-3 on another machine, and rsync it to the laptop.
MAL
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