Hi

I have finished the initial temporary system.
All the packages are installed .
I ran the "chroot" command,mounted the virtual file system,created the directories etc,all went fine.

When I start installing the packages,I get a error saying gcc not found.
But on checking in /tool/bin , gcc is found there and the permissions are all correct.
when I tried executing gcc from /tool/bin ,it says file not found,however other files present in the directory are executed.

If gcc is available in the chroot, then

gcc -v

should give you some output.

I had similar issues with other programs after entering chroot. This usually happens when programs are linked against the wrong libraries. Be sure that your initial toolchain got linked against libraries in /tools.

Check using readelf -l /tools/bin/gcc which program interpreter is requested by your preliminary gcc. Make sure it is /tools/lib/ld-linux.so.2 and not /lib/ld-linux.so.2 as this will not exist anymore after entering chroot!
You can also find out about the libraries your dynamic loader finds using ldd -v /tools/bin/gcc, all paths should be prefixed with /tools at this point.

Be cautious about the toolchain adjustments (copying ld-new to ld) and make sure to follow the instructions from the book exactly and in the exact order. I would also suggest re-reading "Toolchain Technical Notes" in chapter 5...

~ trurl