BCCD chroot Creation

These instructions show how to setup a Debian chroot environment for building the [http://bccd.cs.uni.edu/ Bootable Cluster CD] (BCCD):

1. Start as root.  Download debootstrap from http://packages.debian.org/stable/admin/debootstrap.html:
<pre>
# on x86:
wget http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/d/debootstrap/debootstrap_0.2.45-0.2_i386.deb
# on ppc:
wget http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/d/debootstrap/debootstrap_0.2.45-0.2_powerpc.deb
</pre>

2. Unarchive and install debootstrap:
<pre>
ar x debootstrap*.deb
tar xzf data.tar.gz -C /
</pre>

3. Get it running:
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debootstrap [potato|woody|sarge] /path/to/chroot
</pre>

4. Wait awhile.  Once it's complete, enter the chroot:
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chroot /path/to/chroot /bin/bash
cd
</pre>

5. Get apt ready for action:
<pre>
cat > /etc/apt/sources.list << EOF
deb http://debian.osuosl.org/debian/ sarge main
deb-src http://debian.osuosl.org/debian/ sarge main
deb http://security.debian.org/ sarge/updates main
EOF
apt-get update
</pre>

6. Fetch the package list and start the installation:
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wget -q http://cluster.earlham.edu/~tobias/bccd-chroot-selections -O - | dpkg --set-selections
apt-get dselect-upgrade # this will take a long time
apt-get clean # clean out the downloaded .dpkgs
</pre>

7. Add symlinks that the BCCD build process depends on:
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ln -s /usr/bin/g77 /bin/g77
ln -s /usr/lib/libfreetype.la /lib/libfreetype.la
</pre>

8. Add the BCCD user:
<pre>
useradd -m bccd
</pre>

9. Check out the BCCD sources from CVS:
<pre>
su - bccd
cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@bccd.cs.uni.edu:/ login
# [hit return when prompted for a password]
cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@bccd.cs.uni.edu:/ co -D"2005/08/30" bccd
</pre>

10. If you want to publish the chroot, exit and tar it up:
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exit
umount /proc
exit
cd /path/to/chroot/..
tar cjf bccd-chroot.tar.bz2 bccd-chroot
</pre>

11. Now, you can [[Building the BCCD|build your own copy]] of the BCCD.

Comments or questions?  Contact [mailto:tobias@cs.earlham.edu Toby].