On Sunday 05 June 2005 00:43, Wesley Smith wrote: > You're right that I don't need to do the source thing. I do have a > question about "chroot /mnt/ur.sdb3.mnt.pt /usr/sbin/ybin" however. > By doing this command, will ybin now access the modified yaboot.conf > in sdb3? What is it that chroot is doing in this command? I realize > this is a basic question, but I'm kind of fuzzy on what the function > of chroot is. > > thanks, > wes
Chroot moves / to /mnt/mountpoint.
That means, when you run ybin, and it goes to look at /etc/yaboot.conf, it
looks at the one under /mnt/mountpoint/etc, as root ('/') has been moved for
that process.
The chroot manpage explains a bit better what it does, but fails to explain
*why* you might want to do it.
David
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