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What is debootstrap --second-stage for

I just played around with debootstrap and schroot. I'm setting up my environments with debootstrap. I'm not using --second-stage option of debootstrap. When and how do I need to use this option. What ...
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How do I debootstrap on a local repository

I have a local Ubuntu repository generated with apt-mirror. Can I use this with debootstrap? deb http://myrepo/mirror/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main restricted multiverse universe deb ...
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debootstrap failing to mount /proc

I have researched this, and none of the answers (so far) on here, nor googling seem to match my problem. Here is the situation: I am running Xubuntu 12.04 as a base install, and am trying to set up ...
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CD Based Usage of debootstrap?

I have installed 12.04 xubuntu alternative with whole disk encryption on a machine. I am attempting to set up a schroot usage of backbox 3.01 (an ubuntu 12.04 derivative from what I can tell) under ...
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Setting up chrooted shell accounts with schroot and debootstrap on Ubuntu 10.04

IVe found a ton of documentation on setting up schroot/debootstrap as well as a ton of stuff on jailing sftp and some modest instructions for creating a chrooted shell but i cant find anything on get ...
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debootstrap error while upgrading from 10.04 to 12.04

I made a version upgrade with apt-get dist-upgrade and I had this error while upgrading packages: 2013-01-24 08:49:32 upgrade debootstrap 1.0.37ubuntu1~lucid1 1.0.39ubuntu0.2 2013-01-24 08:49:32 ...
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Rc.local does not execute

I am PXE booting some Ubuntu machines in a cluster. All of a sudden my rc.local script has stopped working. I've check the permission of /etc/rc.local: -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1087 Jan 14 11:04 ...
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debootstrap wants to remove target folder, why?

I have in the past used debootstrap to bootstrap both Debian and Ubuntu systems. But this time, trying to bootstrap a Ubuntu system from a Debian 6 rescue system (Note: I have no choice about the ...
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My home folder disappeared after using Chroot/debootstrap. Can it be recovered?

I was following the instructions from http://wiki.winehq.org/WineOn64bit but stopped after cloning wine. Afterwards I closed the terminal and terminated the process when asked. Ubuntu threw up an ...
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How to install Ubuntu in a chroot environment on an Archlinux system?

Currently I'm stuck with an Archlinux system at work. However, I want to be able to package some software for Ubuntu on this machine. So I thought it should be possible to set up an Ubuntu (Precise) ...
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dist-upgrade of diskless ubuntu

I am currently PXE booting a bunch a machine, via the diskless function in ubuntu. What is the best practice when upgrading the image from 10.04 LTS to 12.04 LTS? I've currently made a copy of the ...
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install base system failed : Ubuntu server and xubuntu alternate installation

I tried installing Ubuntu 12.04 server on my laptop using a USB stick !! When it reached the base system installation I received this error ! Debootstrap warning ...
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How do I add more variants or custom packages to debootstrap?

I have a set of packages that I wish to install along-side the minibase variant in debootstrap. I'm having the hardest time figuring out how to customize variants so that more than just the base is ...
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“Failed to start network default” error when trying to juju bootstrap an LXC environment

one@onezero:~/juju$ juju bootstrap 2012-02-13 07:32:26,586 INFO Bootstrapping environment 'sample' (type: local)... 2012-02-13 07:32:26,587 INFO Checking for required packages... 2012-02-13 ...
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How do I create a chroot of an earlier version of Ubuntu?

I'd like to create a virtual instance of the latest LTS so I can test the software I'm writing in a way that more closely matches our production environment. There seem to be many, many different ...
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Debootstrap - issue trying to start the network

I've just installed ubuntu 11.10 under /var/chroot/oneiric following this tutorial. All seems to work properly, but unfortunatly I can't get the network working... I'd like to have a separate system ...
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Adding user to chroot environment

I've created a chroot system in my Ubuntu using schroot and debrootstrap, based on minimal ubuntu. However whenever I can't seem to add a new user into this chroot environment. Here is what happens. ...
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How to build packages for Maverick while running Lucid?

I would like to be able to build a package for the Maverick distribution release of Ubuntu, while running the Lucid distribution release. I found this page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebootstrapChroot ...
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Maverick userland under Lucid 10.04 for newer X11 and graphics use

My main system runs on Lucid Lynx 10.04, and since it's running rather well I do not wish to upgrade yet. However the graphics chipset X1700/V5250 doesn't work well for games. The open source driver ...
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How to boot from a debootstrap based install?

I would like to boot a testing Ubuntu release from a directory (which contains a debootstrap based install). As far as I understand I just need someway to tell the boot process (initrd scripts?) that ...
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debootstrap or virt-install Ubuntu Server Maverick fails

Oki so running any kind of variation of debootsrap i get the following error I: Extracting zlib1g... W: Failure trying to run: chroot /lxc/iso/dodo mount -t proc proc /proc debootstrap.log : ...
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How can I fully use the chroot I create with debootstrap on a local machine?

I'm running on a Ubuntu 10.04, and installed an 8.04 version in a directory /stuff/hardy sudo debootstrap --variant buildd --arch i386 hardy /stuff/hardy http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu What I want ...
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Is there a way to have debootstrap automatically configure locales?

I like to use Debootstrap for making sparse systems (usually a base for something embedded) or paravirtualized Xen guests. I'm familiar with how to tell Debootstrap what packages I want beyond the ...