Install to chroot directory

paradoxmonkey · Oct 3, 2010

What's the best and easiest way to install a minimal (< 100MB) ~~freebsd~~ FreeBSD system to a directory? I would then be able to chroot into the minimal system and install all needed packages.

I'm going to run ~~Freebsd~~ FreeBSD on an small flash disk (256MB) so I need it to be small.

graudeejs · Oct 3, 2010

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/nanobsd/index.html ?
Otherwise 256MB is probably not enough... 512 would bee ok

aragon · Oct 3, 2010

It's funny that I'm working on exactly this right now. I need to build custom packages for multiple systems and a mix of amd64 and i386 architectures.

NanoBSD was my starting point too, but I've modified it hugely already so that it sets up and maintains a ports skeleton, tracks run dependencies, and builds packages automatically. Busy changing it to use portmaster for a lot of work now.

Sorry, nothing useful to show yet...

SirDice · Oct 4, 2010

Make use of DESTDIR when doing installkernel and/or installworld. Also tune the heck out of /etc/src.conf. See src.conf(5).

SIFE · Nov 1, 2010

How to remove chroot directory?

graudeejs · Nov 1, 2010

You mean exit chroot?
# exit

SIFE · Nov 23, 2010

No, I mean:

Code:

rm -R /path/to/chroot

graudeejs · Nov 23, 2010

if you can't remove it, then run
# chflags -R 0 /path/to/chroot
then remove it

SIFE · Dec 11, 2010

Reinstalling chroot also fix my problem Mr killasmurf86.

Install to chroot directory

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