HOWTO MAKE CHROOTS OF DISTROS


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Gentoo:
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wget http://uri/to/stage-tarball.tar.bz2
tar pxf stage-tarball.tar.bz2 -C /path/to/gentoo/chroot/
chroot /path/to/gentoo/chroot/


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Debian:
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emerge debootstrap
debootstrap etch /path/to/debian/chroot/
chroot /path/to/debian/chroot/

notes:
 - replace "etch" with whatever release you want


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Fedora:
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emerge yum
cd /path/to/fedora/chroot/
mkdir -p etc/yum/repos.d
cat <<-EOF > etc/yum/repos.d/fedora.repo
	[everything]
	name=Fedora
	baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/8/Everything/\$basearch/os/
	enabled=1
EOF
yum --installroot=/path/to/fedora/chroot/ groupinstall Core
chroot /path/to/fedora/chroot/

notes:
 - replace "8" in the baseurl with desired version
 - for a more "full" install, use "Base" rather than "Core"