On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 10:40 PM, Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> wrote: > > What I'd like to do is a 32-bit CentOS chroot inside my 64-bit Gentoo > desktop host. I'm looking at rsync'ing the / directory from inside the > CentOS VM file system to a directory on the 64-bit host, and then chroot > into the copy on the host. >
I'd strongly consider using a container instead of a chroot. There are really no downsides to doing so, and you're far less likely to run into issues once you understand how they work. While I'm not personally a huge fan of docker I'd be shocked if CentOS didn't have official docker images, which would make getting the base OS set up a one-liner. However, for just doing a build a chroot is probably adequate. Either way you'll get a lot more performance than from a VM, especially for something like a build. -- Rich
