#!/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 # credits: https://gist.github.com/jkullick/9b02c2061fbdf4a6c4e8a78f1312a689 # 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 with the card once # so it expands the fs automatically # then plug back to your laptop/desktop # and chroot to it with this script. # Invoke: # (sudo) ./chroot-to-pi.sh /dev/sdb # assuming /dev/sdb is your sd-card # if you don't know, when you plug the card in, type: # dmesg | tail -n30 # Note: 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 # 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 # so it's better just to let the pi resize the partitions # shellcheck source=/dev/null # Deactivate SC1090 # shellcheck disable=SC2015 # Deactivating bool hint source "$(dirname "$(readlink -f "${0}")")/../base.sh" || (echo "Loading base.sh failed." && exit 1) info "Making mount dir..." && mkdir -p /mnt/raspbian || error info "Mount partitions..." mount -o rw "$1""2" /mnt/raspbian && mount -o rw "$1""1" /mnt/raspbian/boot || error info "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 || error info "ld.so.preload fix" && sed -i 's/^/#CHROOT /g' /mnt/raspbian/etc/ld.so.preload || error info "copy qemu binary" && cp -v /usr/bin/qemu-arm-static /mnt/raspbian/usr/bin/ || error info "You will be transferred to the bash shell now." && info "Issue 'exit' when you are done." && info "Issue 'su pi' if you need to work as the user pi." && info "chroot to raspbian" && chroot /mnt/raspbian /bin/bash || error info "Clean up" && info "revert ld.so.preload fix" && sed -i 's/^#CHROOT //g' /mnt/raspbian/etc/ld.so.preload || error info "unmount everything" && umount /mnt/raspbian/{dev/pts,dev,sys,proc,boot,} || error