User:Megavolt/chroot

chroot is a terminal command that gives you the ability to execute commands in another root directory, as well as switch to an interactive shell inside another root directory.

Note

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Chroot can also be used to switch from a live session to a local installation to change configurations or make Manjaro bootable again. It is important that the source and the target have the same architecture.

Usage

su/sudo

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How to execute a command with sudo or su

The command must always be run with root privileges. The general command looks like this:

{{RootCmd|chroot DIRECTORY COMMAND}

This executes a command within a directory. This command must exist in the directory.

Beispiel

To change into the bash shell of another system that you have already mounted in the current one, it needs this command:

{{RootCmd|chroot /mnt /bin/bash -i}

Usually you can omit /bin/bash -i, because the default is always /bin/sh -i, which is generally a link to the default shell, which is usually bash.