Illegal Instruction Errors Getting Worse

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I started with a new install from stage 3 on an old 500mhz Pentium machine. I went to use nano to try and edit some conf files but it just died saying:

"Illegal Instruction"

I didn't get upset because I don't use nano. I wrote it off. Now I've emerged grub and after typing 'grub' to setup the bootloader it gives the:

"Illegal Instruction"

error again. I searched the forums and it seems that most of these errors are cause by bad CFLAGS. I believe my CFLAGS are correct but perhaps I have to tweak them a bit. Here are my current CFLAGS:

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-03 -march=pentium3 -fprefetch-loop-arrays -funroll-loops -pipe

Any reason why these flags would cause a bad compile?

[Catach]

Illegal Instruction means the binary code your running contains an instruction your processor doesn't understand. Since you've done a stage 3 install, it's highly likely you've either got the wrong install discs (ie: Athlon discs for a Pentium3) or you are compiling code with a march setting not compatible with your computer. try turning off march when compiling and see if you get something better, and check you have the right LiveCD.

[Crashed_Again]

I used the pentium3 livecd. I may just have to try the x86 generic cd. Thanks.