Re: chroot question [* SOLVED *]
On Fri, Jan 04, 2008 at 03:56:57PM +0100, Heikki Levanto wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 04, 2008 at 11:20:31AM +0000, A J Stiles wrote:
> > I successfully invoked the 32-bit firefox using
> > $ iceweasel -a firefox32
> > from within the chroot while simultaneously running a 64-bit instance. Flash,
> > Java &c. work fine.
>
> I will have to set up something like that too. Is there a good (up to date!)
> page somewhere on the net that explains what I need? Can I use my old root
> disk partition as the chroot environment, and still boot to it natively if I
> really need some 32-bit stuff?
>
> Sorry for the newbie questions.
Under what conditions would you need to boot the 32-bit chroot natively?
I have never needed to, so my chroot is uner /srv/chroot/etch-ia32. I
put /srv on its own LV (I use LVM over raid1). I used debootstrap to
install the chroot following (loosly) the instructions in the amd64
howto from the debian website.
I access the chroot with
$ schroot -pc etch-ia32
which means that I have the schroot package installed on the amd64
system.
Once debootstrap gives you a basic system, you schroot into it, run
aptitude, and setup what you want. Treat it like its own machine.
Doug.
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