ia32-libs vs. ia32 chroot
(Sorry for the no-subject post) My /etc/apt/sources.list in the chroot looks like this: deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ testing main deb-src ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ testing main # deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main as created by apt-setup (I said no the the security option, not knowing if I wanted this). These files do exist in the chroot: /etc/hosts, /etc/passwd, /etc/group (not /etc/groups), /etc/shadow, /proc (as described in the AMD-64 How-to). I had done nothing with /etc/mtab and its entries were: proc /proc proc rw 0 0 whereas my chroot /etc/mtab was simply /dev/sda7 / ext3 rw,errors=remount-ro 0 0 proc /proc proc rw 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,gid=5,mode=620 0 0 proc /var/chroot/sid-ia32/proc proc rw 0 0 /dev/sda1 /mnt/winC ntfs ro,noexec,nosuid,nodev,umask=0222 0 0 /dev/sda5 /mnt/winD ntfs ro,noexec,nosuid,nodev,umask=0222 0 0 /home /var/chroot/sid-ia32/home none rw,bind 0 0 /tmp /var/chroot/sid-ia32/tmp none rw,bind 0 0 //lmsrd01/DataDrive /mnt/lmsrd01 smbfs rw 0 0 /dev/sda6 /mnt/winE vfat rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=100,umask=000 0 0 Following ?good? advice elsewhere (http://hacktavista.com/howto/chroot_slackware.html) I did the following for the mtab file: rm -f /etc/mtab ln -s /proc/mounts /etc/mtab the contents of /proc/mounts in the chroot are: rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0 /dev2/root2 / ext3 rw 0 0 proc /proc proc rw,nodiratime 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts rw 0 0 proc /var/chroot/sid-ia32/proc proc rw,nodiratime 0 0 /dev/sda1 /mnt/winC ntfs ro,noatime,nodiratime,nosuid,nodev,noexec,uid=0,gid=0,umask=0222,nls=cp437,errors=continue,mft_zone_multiplier=1 0 0 /dev/sda5 /mnt/winD ntfs ro,noatime,nodiratime,nosuid,nodev,noexec,uid=0,gid=0,umask=0222,nls=cp437,errors=continue,mft_zone_multiplier=1 0 0 /dev2/root2 /var/chroot/sid-ia32/home ext3 rw 0 0 /dev2/root2 /var/chroot/sid-ia32/tmp ext3 rw 0 0 //lmsrd01/DataDrive /mnt/lmsrd01 smbfs rw,nodiratime,nosuid,nodev,file_mode=0744,dir_mode=0755 0 0 /dev/sda6 /mnt/winE vfat rw,nodiratime,nosuid,noexec,gid=100,fmask=,dmask= 0 0 After all that I still get the same errors. apt is definitely able to connect (apt-get update downloaded some packages successfully). Any ideas? Thanks, Phil [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Proulx) writes: Phil Warrick wrote: I'm going with the chroot approach then. Following the AMD64 HOWTO in section Running applications inside the chroot, I followed the instructions and then I wanted to try to run a 32-bit program. First I wanted to try to run some X-based program so I tried openoffice, which was not yet installed. When I tried to install it in the chroot, I got the following errors below. [...] Can someone indicate what might be wrong? I'm using kernel 2.6.8-9-amd-k8-smp on a dual Opteron system. Check your /etc/apt/sources.list file *in the chroot* and make sure it can get to the 32-bit archive. Make sure that 'apt-get update' works in the chroot. It looks to me like apt has no package lists at all. If you have 'dchroot' configured you can run the commands like this: dchroot editor /etc/apt/sources.list dchroot apt-get update dchroot apt-get install openoffice.org Bob Don't forget /etc/hosts, /etc/passwd, /etc/groups, /etc/shadow, /etc/mtab, /proc in the chroot. MfG Goswin
Re: ia32-libs vs. ia32 chroot
Philip Warrick wrote: [...] After all that I still get the same errors. apt is definitely able to connect (apt-get update downloaded some packages successfully). Any ideas? In your chroot, modify your /etc/apt/sources.list: deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free deb-src ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free From your earlier posts I think you have forgotten the 'contrib' and 'non-free' entries. Hope this helps. -- Best regards Sven
Re: ia32-libs vs. ia32 chroot
Phil Warrick wrote: I'm going with the chroot approach then. Following the AMD64 HOWTO in section Running applications inside the chroot, I followed the instructions and then I wanted to try to run a 32-bit program. First I wanted to try to run some X-based program so I tried openoffice, which was not yet installed. When I tried to install it in the chroot, I got the following errors below. [...] Can someone indicate what might be wrong? I'm using kernel 2.6.8-9-amd-k8-smp on a dual Opteron system. Check your /etc/apt/sources.list file *in the chroot* and make sure it can get to the 32-bit archive. Make sure that 'apt-get update' works in the chroot. It looks to me like apt has no package lists at all. If you have 'dchroot' configured you can run the commands like this: dchroot editor /etc/apt/sources.list dchroot apt-get update dchroot apt-get install openoffice.org Bob signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: ia32-libs vs. ia32 chroot
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Proulx) writes: Phil Warrick wrote: I'm going with the chroot approach then. Following the AMD64 HOWTO in section Running applications inside the chroot, I followed the instructions and then I wanted to try to run a 32-bit program. First I wanted to try to run some X-based program so I tried openoffice, which was not yet installed. When I tried to install it in the chroot, I got the following errors below. [...] Can someone indicate what might be wrong? I'm using kernel 2.6.8-9-amd-k8-smp on a dual Opteron system. Check your /etc/apt/sources.list file *in the chroot* and make sure it can get to the 32-bit archive. Make sure that 'apt-get update' works in the chroot. It looks to me like apt has no package lists at all. If you have 'dchroot' configured you can run the commands like this: dchroot editor /etc/apt/sources.list dchroot apt-get update dchroot apt-get install openoffice.org Bob Don't forget /etc/hosts, /etc/passwd, /etc/groups, /etc/shadow, /etc/mtab, /proc in the chroot. MfG Goswin
ia32-libs vs. ia32 chroot
Hi, In the AMD64 HOW-TO, two ways to run 32 bit apps are described, the quick way via ia32-libs and Installing a Debian IA32 chroot system. Can someone expand on the pros/cons of the two approaches? Is the ia32-libs approach just too limited for most people? My need is to run VSS under wine. I'm new to both linux and 64-bit and have seen more or less smooth sailing so far. Thanks to all contributors. Any comments would be most appreciated, Phil
Re: ia32-libs vs. ia32 chroot
IA32 Chroot: + Can install other libraries very easily + Can add library directories to /etc/ld.so.conf so it runs like the ia32-libs - Slightly more effort to setup - Takes up quite a bit more space ia32-libs: + Install and run (for limited library dependencies) - Not a complete 32bit system (Ie running 32bit firefox isn't anywhere near as easy) + Less space In my opinion that about sums up the important points to consider, I've probably missed a couple or explained some badly though Alan
