There are multiple reasons why you might want to set up a Slackware chroot:
For this guide, we'll create a chroot at /chroot_folder from slackware-14.1-install-dvd.iso.
Start with a Slackware installation DVD. Download it from from http://www.slackware.com/getslack/ via torrent.
You can create your chroot and install Slackware into it using the following elegant script: http://tty1.uk/scripts/slackware/mkchroot
Update - the script seems to have moved to: https://github.com/duncan-roe/mkchroot/blob/master/mkchroot, also please note this script should work with all versions of Slackware, including v15.
First, create a folder which will contain the chroot:
mkdir /chroot_folder
Mount the installation ISO:
mount -o loop slackware-14.1-install-dvd.iso /mnt/cdrom cd /mnt/cdrom
After the ISO has been mounted, the packages (found under the slackware or slackware64 folder) can be installed to the chroot folder with:
installpkg --root /chroot-folder */*.t?z
Then unmount the ISO:
umount /mnt/cdrom
The following minimal snippet can be used for /chroot_folder/etc/fstab
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts noexec,nosuid,gid=tty,mode=0620 0 0 sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
To have the chroot mounted permanently, add the following to your host system's /etc/fstab:
/dev chroot_folder/dev none bind,auto 0 0 /proc chroot_folder/proc none bind,auto 0 0 /sys chroot_folder/sys none bind,auto 0 0 /etc/resolv.conf chroot_folder/etc/resolv.conf none bind,auto 0 0
And reboot. Then run the following command to mount the chroot folder:
mount /chroot_folder
Refer to: (volume_mounting).
Now that the chroot is set up, one can chroot into it:
chroot /chroot_folder /bin/bash
Note
Wrote a small script to automate the chroot steps.
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aadityabagga/scripts/master/chroot.sh
After that, you can run slackpkg and update the packages: (configure_a_package_manager).
When you're done, exited the chroot by pressing Ctrl+d.
I use a chroot to build 32-bit packages on a 64-bit system. I needed to mount the partition which contained the SlackBuilds for which I wanted to make a package, As my Slackware host mount point is (in this example) at /slackware_host_mount_point, I used the command:
mount -B /slackware_host_mount_point /chroot_folder
(http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2013/01/mount-umount-examples/)
Then I built the package by executing the Slackbuild as follows:
ARCH=i686 ./my_package.SlackBuild
Instead of using `ARCH=i686' before running a slackbuild, we can use a program called `setarch', which, among other things, can set the ARCH and the kernel version in the shell. It has some handy symlinks, such as linux32 or i586, which saves some typing. The `linux32' command will set the reported kernel's ARCH as `i686'.
SYNOPSIS
setarch arch [options] [program [argument...]]
When we run `linux32' it starts a new shell, so we can also use it to chroot:
chroot /path/to/chroot linux32 /bin/zsh
or it could be run after chrooting into our new root. Settings will revert to normal when we exit the new shell. One useful option is to change the kernel's reported version:
chroot /path/to/chroot linux32 --uname-2.6 /bin/zsh
That `–uname-2.6' isn't a typo, there has to be a dash between the flag and the version. The setarch(8) man page shows all the options.
– Dave
* Originally written by Aaditya