Gentoo manual chroot

The Gentoo Handbook is an effort to centralize documentation into a coherent handbook. This handbook contains the installation instructions for an Internet-based installation and some additional sections for working with Gentoo's native software tools such as the OpenRC init system and the Portage package manager. Hence the name, change root or chroot. This chrooting is done in three steps: The root location is changed from / (on the installation medium) to /mnt/gentoo/ (on the partitions) using chroot; Some settings (those in /etc/profile) are reloaded in memory using the source command.  · Unfortunately there is no anything similar to debbotstrap package for RPM based distros in Gentoo, so some sort of manual work is inevitable. Ok, lets go! First of all we need rpm and yum programs to be installed build-chroot is a command from my other HOWTO about making a Debian based chroot in Gentoo. Now chroot is ready to use ;-) See Also.

First create a directory for the chroot to reside; the filesystem that contains this directory must have enough space for a second Gentoo installation. root # mkdir /foo. The next step is to download a stage three tarball to the chroot and untar it. The stage file name shown below is an example, actual file name may vary: user $ mv stage3-x Unfortunately there is no anything similar to debbotstrap package for RPM based distros in Gentoo, so some sort of manual work is inevitable.. Ok, lets go! First of all we need rpm and yum programs to be installed (yeah, you can emerge them). The Gentoo Handbook is an effort to centralize documentation into a coherent handbook. This handbook contains the installation instructions for an Internet-based installation and additional sections for working with Gentoo's native software tools such as the OpenRC init system and the Portage package manager.

Jan 3, Learn how to install Gentoo Linux on your Android phone inside a chroot, along with what quirks to expect after your install is done. That's where this document comes into the picture. It is intended as a guide for anyone who wants to install a Gentoo system under a chroot environment. It has. Linux users generally consider Arch or Gentoo to be difficult distributions to install and use; virtually impossible for a Linux novice. A.