[ubuntu-uk] 32-bit chroot on Hardy

[Neil Greenwood]

On 13/03/2008, Neil Greenwood <neil.greenwood.lug at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 13/03/2008, Rob Beard <rob at esdelle.co.uk> wrote:
>  > Hi folks,
>  >
>  >  I have a pesky app which won't work on 64-bit Hardy.  Rather than mess
>  >  around installing a completely separate installation of 32-bit Ubuntu or
>  >  setting up a VM, I thought I'd have a go at setting up a 32-bit chroot.
>  >
>  >  It's been a couple of years since I setup a 32-bit chroot, and the only
>  >  thing I've found that makes any sense is this guide...
>  >
>  >  http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=24575
>  >
>  >  I've done the dbootstrap command (substituting hoary for hardy) and it
>  >  appears to install things.  I then get to the chroot command and type...
>  >
>  >  chroot /chroot/
>  >
>  >  It then says it can't find /bin/bash, but it's in /chroot/bin/bash.
>  >
>  >  I just wondered if anyone had sucessfully got a 32-bit chroot working?
>  >
>
>
> I got one working by following the instructions at
>  https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DebootstrapChroot. These
>  instructions say that dchroot is deprecated. Maybe they'll help you
>  get a working system.
>
>  If you do, it's probably worth adding a note to the forum thread to
>  help anyone else who has the problem.
>
>  Hwyl,
>
> Neil.
>

P.S. I haven't tried hardy. I got this working on gutsy.