Current do_dchroot script in howto doesn't work with ' in parameters. This is what I use: #!/bin/bash for (( i=1; $i<=$#; i=$i+1 )); do esc[$i]=$(sed -e 's#\([^[:alnum:]]\)#\\\1#g' <<<${!i}) done exec dchroot -c ia32 -d "$(basename $0)" "${esc[@]}" maybe it escapes little to much, but it works. -- Me