Hello Everyone, I was able to get as far as installing grub however through the installation I would find some strange behaviour such as not being able to mount /dev/sda2 to the boot directory. I would do it on the livecd (ie, mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/gentoo/boot).
When it came to installing `grub grub-install /dev/sda` I got an 'Illegal State'. emerge -e world would fail with: >>> Installing (4 of 199) app-arch/bzip2-1.0.6-r8::gentoo bash: line 1: 26183 Illegal instruction ${PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND:-${PORTAGE_BZIP2_COMMAND} -d} -c -- /var/db/pkg/app-arch/bzip2-1.0.6-r8/environment.bz2 > /var/tmp/portage/._unmerge_/app-arch/bzip2-1.0.6-r8/temp/environment !!! FAILED prerm: 132 * ERROR: app-arch/bzip2-1.0.6-r8::gentoo failed (postrm phase): * eutils.eclass could not be found by inherit() * * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 611: Called source '/var/db/pkg/app-arch/bzip2-1.0.6-r8/bzip2-1.0.6-r8.ebuild' * bzip2-1.0.6-r8.ebuild, line 9: Called inherit 'eutils' 'toolchain-funcs' 'multilib' 'multilib-minimal' * ebuild.sh, line 284: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * [[ -z ${location} ]] && die "${1}.eclass could not be found by inherit()" * * If you need support, post the output of `emerge --info '=app-arch/bzip2-1.0.6-r8::gentoo'`, * the complete build log and the output of `emerge -pqv '=app-arch/bzip2-1.0.6-r8::gentoo'`. * The complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/._unmerge_/app-arch/bzip2-1.0.6-r8/temp/build.log'. * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/._unmerge_/app-arch/bzip2-1.0.6-r8/temp/die.env'. * Working directory: '/var/tmp/portage/._unmerge_/app-arch/bzip2-1.0.6-r8/homedir' * S: '/var/tmp/portage/._unmerge_/app-arch/bzip2-1.0.6-r8/work/bzip2-1.0.6' * QA Notice: ECLASS 'eutils' inherited illegally in app-arch/bzip2-1.0.6-r8 * ERROR: app-arch/bzip2-1.0.6-r8::gentoo failed: * eutils.eclass could not be found by inherit() * * Call stack: * misc-functions.sh, line 17: Called source '/var/tmp/portage/._portage_reinstall_.vay4msqy/bin/ebuild.sh' * ebuild.sh, line 611: Called source '/var/db/pkg/app-arch/bzip2-1.0.6-r8/bzip2-1.0.6-r8.ebuild' * bzip2-1.0.6-r8.ebuild, line 9: Called inherit 'eutils' 'toolchain-funcs' 'multilib' 'multilib-minimal' * ebuild.sh, line 284: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * [[ -z ${location} ]] && die "${1}.eclass could not be found by inherit()" * * If you need support, post the output of `emerge --info '=app-arch/bzip2-1.0.6-r8::gentoo'`, * the complete build log and the output of `emerge -pqv '=app-arch/bzip2-1.0.6-r8::gentoo'`. * The complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/._unmerge_/app-arch/bzip2-1.0.6-r8/temp/build.log'. * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/._unmerge_/app-arch/bzip2-1.0.6-r8/temp/die.env'. * Working directory: '/var/tmp/portage/._unmerge_/app-arch/bzip2-1.0.6-r8/homedir' * S: '/var/tmp/portage/._unmerge_/app-arch/bzip2-1.0.6-r8/work/bzip2-1.0.6' !!! FAILED postrm: 1 * The 'postrm' phase of the 'app-arch/bzip2-1.0.6-r8' package has failed * with exit value 1. * * The problem occurred while executing the ebuild file named * 'bzip2-1.0.6-r8.ebuild' located in the '/var/db/pkg/app- * arch/bzip2-1.0.6-r8' directory. If necessary, manually remove the * environment.bz2 file and/or the ebuild file located in that directory. * * Removal of the environment.bz2 file is preferred since it may allow the * removal phases to execute successfully. The ebuild will be sourced and * the eclasses from the current portage tree will be used when necessary. * Removal of the ebuild file will cause the pkg_prerm() and pkg_postrm() * removal phases to be skipped entirely. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/var/tmp/portage/._portage_reinstall_.vay4msqy/bin/filter-bash-environment.py", line 157, in <module> re.compile(var_pattern), file_in, file_out) File "/var/tmp/portage/._portage_reinstall_.vay4msqy/bin/filter-bash-environment.py", line 81, in filter_bash_environment file_out.write(line.replace("\1", "")) BrokenPipeError: [Errno 32] Broken pipe * ERROR: app-arch/bzip2-1.0.6-r8::gentoo failed (postinst phase): * filter-bash-environment.py failed * * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 767: Called __ebuild_main 'postinst' * phase-functions.sh, line 949: Called __filter_readonly_variables '--filter-path' '--filter-sandbox' '--allow-extra-vars' * phase-functions.sh, line 137: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * "${PORTAGE_PYTHON:-/usr/bin/python}" "${PORTAGE_BIN_PATH}"/filter-bash-environment.py "${filtered_vars}" || die "filter-bash-environment.py failed" * * If you need support, post the output of `emerge --info '=app-arch/bzip2-1.0.6-r8::gentoo'`, * the complete build log and the output of `emerge -pqv '=app-arch/bzip2-1.0.6-r8::gentoo'`. * The complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/app-arch/bzip2-1.0.6-r8/temp/build.log'. * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/app-arch/bzip2-1.0.6-r8/temp/environment'. * Working directory: '/var/tmp/portage/._portage_reinstall_.vay4msqy/pym' * S: '/var/tmp/portage/app-arch/bzip2-1.0.6-r8/work/bzip2-1.0.6' /var/tmp/portage/._portage_reinstall_.vay4msqy/bin/phase-functions.sh: line 926: 26392 Exit 141 __save_ebuild_env --exclude-init-phases 26393 Exit 1 | __filter_readonly_variables --filter-path --filter-sandbox --allow-extra-vars 26394 Illegal instruction | ${PORTAGE_BZIP2_COMMAND} -c -f9 > "$PORTAGE_UPDATE_ENV" * FAILED postinst: 1 >>> Failed to execute postinst for app-arch/bzip2-1.0.6-r8 *emerge --info* Portage 2.3.6 (python 3.4.5-final-0, hardened/linux/amd64, gcc-5.4.0, glibc-2.23-r4, 4.8.17-hardened-r2 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-4.8.17-hardened-r2-x86_64-Intel-R-_Xeon-TM-_CPU_3.60GHz-with-gentoo-2.3 KiB Mem: 8061620 total, 2699596 free KiB Swap: 0 total, 0 free Timestamp of repository gentoo: Sun, 06 Aug 2017 19:00:01 +0000 sh bash 4.3_p48-r1 ld GNU ld (Gentoo 2.28 p1.2) 2.28 app-shells/bash: 4.3_p48-r1::gentoo dev-lang/perl: 5.24.1-r2::gentoo dev-lang/python: 2.7.12::gentoo, 3.4.5::gentoo dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.28-r2::gentoo sys-apps/baselayout: 2.3::gentoo sys-apps/openrc: 0.28::gentoo sys-apps/sandbox: 2.10-r3::gentoo sys-devel/autoconf: 2.69::gentoo sys-devel/automake: 1.15-r2::gentoo sys-devel/binutils: 2.28-r2::gentoo sys-devel/gcc: 5.4.0-r3::gentoo sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.7.3::gentoo sys-devel/libtool: 2.4.6-r3::gentoo sys-devel/make: 4.2.1::gentoo sys-kernel/linux-headers: 4.4::gentoo (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.23-r4::gentoo Repositories: gentoo location: /usr/portage sync-type: rsync sync-uri: rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage priority: -1000 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -mcx16 -msahf -maes -mpclmul -mpopcnt -mabm -mlwp -mavx -march=native" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/lib64/libreoffice/program/sofficerc /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -mcx16 -msahf -maes -mpclmul -mpopcnt -mabm -mlwp -mavx -march=native" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FCFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles merge-sync news parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox usersync xattr" FFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/gentoo-distfiles/ ftp://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/gentoo-distfiles/" LANG="en_US.utf8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" MAKEOPTS="-j4" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --omit-dir-times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages --exclude=/.git" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" USE="acl amd64 berkdb bindist bzip2 cli cracklib crypt cxx dri gdbm hardened iconv ipv6 justify modules multilib ncurses nls nptl openmp pam pax_kernel pcre pie readline seccomp session ssl ssp tcpd unicode urandom xattr xtpax zlib" ABI_X86="64" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" APACHE2_MODULES="authn_core authz_core socache_shmcb unixd actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan sheets stage tables krita karbon braindump author" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" CPU_FLAGS_X86="mmx sse sse2" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock isync itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf skytraq superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ublox ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="libinput keyboard mouse" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" OFFICE_IMPLEMENTATION="libreoffice" PHP_TARGETS="php5-6" POSTGRES_TARGETS="postgres9_5" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python3_4" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_4" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby21 ruby22" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="amdgpu fbdev intel nouveau radeon radeonsi vesa dummy v4l" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" Unset: CC, CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, CXX, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, USE_PYTHON This is the second time I attempted this with the same behaviour. Please help. Thanks in Advance, Nick.