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Chroot to pi sd card
#!/bin/bash
# This script allows you to chroot ("work on") the raspbian sd card
# as if it's the raspberry pi on your Ubuntu desktop/laptop
# just much faster and more convenient
# make sure you have issued
# (sudo) apt install qemu qemu-user-static binfmt-support
# Write the raspbian image onto the sd card,
# boot the pi so it expands the fs, then plug back to your laptop/desktop
# and chroot to it with this script
# Invoke:
# (sudo) ./chroot-to-pi.sh /dev/sdb
# If you have an image file instead of the sd card, you will need to issue
# (sudo) apt install kpartx
# (sudo) kpartx -v -a 2017-11-29-raspbian-stretch-lite.img
# then
# (sudo) ./chroot-to-pi.sh /dev/mapper/loop0p
# Note that with the vanilla image, you have very little space to work on
# I have not figured out a reliable way to resize it
# Something like this should work, but it didn't in my experience
# https://gist.github.com/htruong/0271d84ae81ee1d301293d126a5ad716
# mount partition
mount -o rw ${1}2 /mnt/raspbian
mount -o rw ${1}1 /mnt/raspbian/boot
# mount binds
mount --bind /dev /mnt/raspbian/dev/
mount --bind /sys /mnt/raspbian/sys/
mount --bind /proc /mnt/raspbian/proc/
mount --bind /dev/pts /mnt/raspbian/dev/pts
# ld.so.preload fix
sed -i 's/^/#/g' /mnt/raspbian/etc/ld.so.preload
# copy qemu binary
cp /usr/bin/qemu-arm-static /mnt/raspbian/usr/bin/
# chroot to raspbian
chroot /mnt/raspbian /bin/bash
# You will be taken to the bash command line now
# So do whatever you need to do
# and issue
# exit
# when you're done
# revert ld.so.preload fix
sed -i 's/^#//g' /mnt/raspbian/etc/ld.so.preload
# unmount everything
umount /mnt/raspbian/{dev/pts,dev,sys,proc,boot,}
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