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MasquedAvenger
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 Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 9:07 pm Post subject: cannot use chroot |
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Hey everyone. I have a bit of a problem. I cannot use chroot from my installed OS. Everytime I type chroot /directory /bin/bash I get the following error:
chroot: cannot run command '/bin/bash': No such file or directory
This is odd because /bin/bash exists both on my system and in the directory I'm trying to chroot to, and I've never had a problem on any other system. Does anyone else have the same problem? Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
James
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azuriel
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Your post was a little ambiguous, there is a /directory/bin/bash, right? When you were installing gentoo, a command such as | Code: | | chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash |
is issued to chroot into your mounted hard drive; in this case there existed a /mnt/gentoo/bin/bash. Hope this solves your problem.
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racoontje
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| I've had this error before and I've never found a solution for it really, try chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/sh.. I think maybe I forgot the permissions when I extracted the stage tarball (-xvjf instead of -xvpjf) so /bin/sh and /bin/bash do exist but they aren't executable/properly readable.. Et cetera. |
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MasquedAvenger
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Doesn't work  I changed the permissions, checked that both the host filesystem and the chrooted directory had /bin/bash, and still I get the same error. This is weird, because whether I boot off the livecd or the hard drive, no matter what directory I try to chroot into, it does the same thing. Weird... And frustrating...
James
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| Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2005 4:29 pm Post subject: Re: cannot use chroot |
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| MasquedAvenger wrote: | Hey everyone. I have a bit of a problem. I cannot use chroot from my installed OS. Everytime I type chroot /directory /bin/bash I get the following error:
chroot: cannot run command '/bin/bash': No such file or directory
This is odd because /bin/bash exists both on my system and in the directory I'm trying to chroot to, and I've never had a problem on any other system. Does anyone else have the same problem? Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
James |
Yes. I have the same problem. It worked on Live CD but it doesn't work now that I have udated a couple things. In my case, it is because I cannot remember which pkg gave me a warning regarding chroot and what to do about it. In your case I have no idea, unfortunately. I think it only happened on one LiveCD & I d/l another ISO to try again ...and it worked, that time. Perhaps that'll work for you, as well.
[EDIT: I remember, now, what the deal was w/chroot. It was a 'chroot jail' and not chroot itself that I was warned about. That leaves making certain (1)you have a good d/l (check the md5); (2)make certain you are chrooting properly. As for my current prob., I haven't a clue.   ]
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