Re: [gentoo-amd64] chroot howto?

[Peter Humphrey <prh@gotadsl.co.uk>]

Barry.SCHWARTZ@chemoelectric.org wrote:

>Peter Humphrey <prh@gotadsl.co.uk> wrote:
>  
>
>>I unpacked an x86 stage 3, and set up hosts, networks and users as
>>instructed, but when I tried "linux32 chroot /mnt/gentoo32 /bin/bash" I
>>got a permission-refused error on /bin/bash. (I tried both with and
>>without --login; it made no difference.)
>>    
>>
>
>Did you do this as root?
>  
>

Yes, and as myself which gave a slightly different error msg.

>>So I unpacked a portage
>>snapshot, rebooted from the installation CD and tried again. I could
>>then chroot. I reasoned that /bin/bash could not be executed because
>>there was no 32-bit kernel, so I emerged and compiled gentoo-sources in
>>/mnt/gentoo32. After that I could chroot from the installed system.
>>    
>>
>
>You don't need a 32-bit kernel. 
>

Hmm. Then I'll have to solve the problem above. Meanwhile I have the
kernel so perhaps I'll keep it pro tem.

> For a few things it can be convenient
>to have kernel sources present, but I don't remember what things those
>are.  Cross that bridge if you come to it.
>  
>

Ok.

< Snip useful scripts - thanks! >

>I maintain my chroot as practically another whole system.  That's
>wasteful but makes some things a lot easier -- even maintenance is
>easier with all that waste, because you are letting portage 'think'
>for you about what it needs to install.
>  
>

Tha's more-or-less what I seem to be doing.

-- 
Rgds
Peter Humphrey
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