[arch-general] chroot failed to run command `/bin/bash`: Exec format error ??

[Allan McRae]

On 12/07/10 12:35, David C. Rankin wrote:
> Guys,
>
> Booting from the dual install media, attempting to chroot again and I
> got an error I've never seen before:
>
> "chroot failed to run command `/bin/bash`: Exec format error"
>
> I checked with mount and all partitions and dev proc and sys where all
> mounted where they should be, but the box wouldn't chroot to my mount
> point under /mnt/a.
>
> Anybody recognize the error or what the cause could be? Thanks.
>

That occurs when trying to chroot into an x86_64 system from an i686 one.