[solved] Trying to make a bash function work for (chroot)

Question

So this is what I have so far.
function arch-chroot () {
sudo & mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
cd /mnt
mount -t proc proc proc/
mount --rbind /sys sys/
mount --rbind /dev dev/
mount --rbind /run run/
chroot /mnt /bin/bash
I get stuck at cd /mnt. This is how I do it in terminal. I can't quite figure out to move past 'cd'.
# just use the arch-install-scripts. Simple and easy. ------------
Last edited by jedijimi (2015-01-25 18:11:19)

Answer 1

It could be something like this:
if [[ $EUID != 0 ]]; then
echo "This script should be ran as root" && exit 1
fi
mount -t proc /proc $1/proc
mount --rbind /sys $1/sys
mount --rbin /dev $1/dev
mount --rbind /run $1/run
chroot $1
This way it uses the default shell and asks for a new root as a parameter. But instead of reinventing the wheel just install arch-install-scripts as it only weights ~0.05MiB. Also when trilby had asked what do you want to do, he meant why are you using "sudo & ..." as sudo can't be run in background.
Next time you can't find which package provides certain executable file, just use pkgfile.