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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
+<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
+ <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
+ %general-entities;
+]>
+
+<sect1 id="ch-tools-chroot">
+ <?dbhtml filename="chroot.html"?>
+
+ <title>Entering the Chroot Environment</title>
+
+ <para>Now that all the packages which depend on themselves for being built
+ are on the system, it is time to enter the chroot environment to finish
+ installing the remaining temporary tools. This environment will be in use
+ also for installing the final system. As user <systemitem
+ class="username">root</systemitem>, run the following command to enter the
+ realm that is, at the moment, populated with only the temporary tools:</para>
+
+<screen role="nodump"><userinput>chroot "$LFS" /usr/bin/env -i \
+ HOME=/root \
+ TERM="$TERM" \
+ PS1='(lfs chroot) \u:\w\$ ' \
+ PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin \
+ /bin/bash --login +h</userinput></screen>
+
+ <para>The <parameter>-i</parameter> option given to the <command>env</command>
+ command will clear all variables of the chroot environment. After that, only
+ the <envar>HOME</envar>, <envar>TERM</envar>, <envar>PS1</envar>, and
+ <envar>PATH</envar> variables are set again. The
+ <parameter>TERM=$TERM</parameter> construct will set the <envar>TERM</envar>
+ variable inside chroot to the same value as outside chroot. This variable is
+ needed for programs like <command>vim</command> and <command>less</command>
+ to operate properly. If other variables are needed, such as
+ <envar>CFLAGS</envar> or <envar>CXXFLAGS</envar>, this is a good place to set
+ them again.</para>
+
+ <para>From this point on, there is no need to use the
+ <envar>LFS</envar> variable anymore, because all work will be restricted
+ to the LFS file system. This is because the Bash shell is told that
+ <filename class="directory">$LFS</filename> is now the root
+ (<filename class="directory">/</filename>) directory.</para>
+
+ <para>Notice that <filename class="directory">/tools/bin</filename> is not
+ anymore in the <envar>PATH</envar>. This means that a temporary tool will no longer be
+ used once its final version is installed. This occurs when the shell does not
+ <quote>remember</quote> the locations of executed binaries&mdash;for this
+ reason, hashing is switched off by passing the <parameter>+h</parameter> option
+ to <command>bash</command>.</para>
+
+ <para>Note that the <command>bash</command> prompt will say
+ <computeroutput>I have no name!</computeroutput> This is normal because the
+ <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> file has not been created yet.</para>
+
+ <note>
+ <para>It is important that all the commands throughout the remainder of this
+ chapter and the following chapters are run from within the chroot
+ environment. If you leave this environment for any reason (rebooting for
+ example), ensure that the virtual kernel filesystems are mounted as
+ explained in <xref linkend="ch-system-bindmount"/> and <xref
+ linkend="ch-system-kernfsmount"/> and enter chroot again before continuing
+ with the installation.</para>
+ </note>
+
+</sect1>