debootstrap

• Overview
• After debootstrap is complete
• As opposed to an installation
• Trouble

Overview

In the Debian wiki.

debootstrap  beowulf  /tmp/target  http://deb.devuan.org/merged

After debootstrap is complete

1. Fix up fstab and mount /proc, /sys of type proc and sysfs

2. /etc/hostname

3. /etc/hosts

4. /etc/network/interfaces

5. /etc/resolv.conf

6. Install mdadm if the base system is intended for a root file system on a RAID array

7. Set a password for root or add a normal user

As opposed to an installation

See debootstrap vs installation.

Trouble

chroot: failed to run command 'dpkg-deb': No such file or directory

I got this when using http://deb.devuan.org/devuan instead of ../merged.