chroot Fails with "floating point exception" in Rescue Mode (Doc ID 2312919.1)

Last updated on MAY 20, 2020

Applies to:

Linux OS - Version Oracle Linux 6.0 and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Version N/A and later
Linux x86-64

Oracle Linux 6 server fails on boot up due to GRUB failure.

Try to boot up to rescue mode from installer ISO, but chroot fails as below:

#chroot /mnt/sysimage
floating point exception

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