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Re: How do I chroot in Debian?



Aniruddha wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-08-12 at 12:32 +0300, Eugene V. Lyubimkin wrote:
>> 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!
>>>>>
> 
>>> 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.
>>
> 
> And does it matter which livecd I use? Should it be Debian based?
I think it doesn't matter.

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

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