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8 | <sect1 id="ch-temp-system-choose"> |
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11 | <title>To Boot or to Chroot?</title> |
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13 | <para os="a"> There are two different ways you can proceed from this point |
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14 | to build the final system. You can build a kernel, a bootloader, and |
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15 | a few other utilities, boot into the temporary system, and build the |
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16 | rest there. Alternatively, you can chroot into the temporary system.</para> |
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18 | <para os="b">The boot method is for when you are building on a different |
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19 | architecture. For example, if you are building a PowerPC system from |
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20 | an x86, you can't chroot. The chroot method is for when you are |
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21 | building on the same architecture. If you are building on, and for, |
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22 | an x86 system, you can simply chroot. The rule of thumb here is if |
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23 | the architectures match and you are running the same series kernel |
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24 | you can just chroot. If you aren't running the same series kernel, or are |
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25 | wanting to run a different ABI, you will need to use the boot option.</para> |
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27 | <para os="c">If you are in any doubt about this, you can try the following |
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28 | commands to see if you can chroot:</para> |
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30 | <screen ><userinput>/tools/lib/libc.so.6 |
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31 | /tools/bin/gcc -v</userinput></screen> |
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33 | <para os="d">If any of these commands fail, you will have to follow the boot |
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34 | method.</para> |
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36 | <para os="e">For the boot method, follow <xref linkend="chapter-boot"/>.</para> |
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38 | <para os="f">For the chroot method, follow <xref linkend="chapter-chroot"/>.</para> |
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40 | </sect1> |
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