sudo cp -a /etc/hostname /64/etc/hostname sudo cp -a /etc/environment /64/etc/environment sudo cp -a /etc/sudoers /64/etc/sudoers sudo cp -a /etc/localtime /64/etc/localtime sudo cp -a /etc/locale.gen /64/etc/locale.gen sudo cp -a /etc/timezone /64/etc/timezone sudo cp -a /etc/resolv.conf /64/etc/resolv.conf sudo cp -a /etc/apt/sources.list /64/etc/apt/sources.list # Check for similar UID/GID settings before doing these, # or just create a user with the same UID as your account # on the host sudo cp -a /etc/passwd /64/etc/passwd sudo cp -a /etc/group /64/etc/group # Bind-mount system dirs into chroot BINDDIRS="/sys /proc /dev /home /tmp /var/tmp /usr/src /lib/modules" for i in $BINDDIRS; do sudo mount --bind "$i" "/64$i"; done # Now do the actual chroot sudo chroot --userspec=`id -u` /64