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Re: How do I chroot in Debian?



Aniruddha wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-08-12 at 11:38 +0300, Eugene V. Lyubimkin wrote:
>> Aniruddha wrote:
>>> I've used chroot numerous times with Gentoo and I wonder if this
>>> procedure differs for Debian. Here's the procedure I used with Gentoo,
>>> can I use the same procedure on a mounted Debian partition?
>>>
>>>> # cp -L /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/etc/
>>>> # mount -t proc none /mnt/gentoo/proc
>>>> # mount -o bind /dev /mnt/gentoo/dev
>>>> # chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash
>>>> # env-update
>>>> # source /etc/profile
>>>> # export PS1="(chroot) $PS1"
>>> I also wonder if it matters which live cd I use. Can I use the (Gentoo based) systemrescuecd? Or do I need a Debian livecd? Thanks in advance!
>>>
>>>
>> Just use 'schroot' command and /etc/schroot.conf.
>>
> 
> Thanks for the help, but isn't exactly what I meant. When I use chroot
> it's for system rescue purposes. I boot from a livecd mount the Debian
> partition and use chroot to login into my system and carry out repairs.
> 
> 
Ah, undestood. Well, you can easily use commands you provided above - as for me, I don't
see any objections to use them.

-- 
Eugene V. Lyubimkin aka JackYF, Ukrainian C++ developer.

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