Re: Mount USB memory stick in 32 bit chroot as well

[Helge Hafting <helge.hafting@aitel.hist.no>]

Adam Skutt wrote:

> Andrew Sharp wrote:
>
> > I can't tell if you answered the question or not.  Does the directory 
> > show
> > up in the chroot environment?  If so, then your problem lies elsewhere,
> > like maybe a permissions thing.
>
> It does.  The issues is that a normal bind mount won't bind any mounts 
> underneath it.
>
> For example, if you have /usr and /usr/local and bind mount just /usr, 
> /usr/local won't appear mounted in the bound mount.
>
> As Daniel Foote suggested, rbinds may be a solution, but I haven't had 
> the chance to play myself.  My only concern would be that it may or 
> may not like mounts randomly appearing/disappearing.

One simple solution:
Always mount the stick in the chroot, and have the
64-bit environment provide a symbolic link into the chroot
so that 64-bit apps also find the stick.

Helge Hafting