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Ensure you met all requirements, as per Requirements Mount the temporary API filesystems: cd /location/of/new/root mount -t proc proc proc/ mount --rbind /sys sys/ mount --rbind /dev dev/ mount --rbind /run run/ (optionally) If you need to use an internet connection in the c...

root privileges another working Linux environment,such as Live CD boot or an existing distribution matching environment architectures of chroot source and destination (check current environment architecture with uname -m) kernel modules which you may need in chroot environment must be loaded (f...

Changing root is commonly done for performing system maintenance on systems where booting and/or logging in is no longer possible. Common examples are: reinstalling the bootloader rebuilding the initramfs image upgrading or downgrading packages resetting a forgotten password building softwar...