Qemu Chroot Into a Different Architecture

Directions on using the qemu-user-static package to chroot into a system using emulation. This uses the qemu binaries on the host system to emulate the chroot system.

Mount the system you're going to chroot into.

mount /dev/sdb2 /mnt
mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/boot

Install the following packages on the host

• The emulation binaries will be placed in /usr/bin/qemu-*-static. These are standalone emulation applications and don't require dependencies in chroot.
• The arch-install-scripts provide the "arch-chroot" wrapper script.

apt install qemu-user-static arch-install-scripts

The chroot system must have the emulation binary in its own path. Place the qemu-arm-static binary in the /usr/bin/ folder.

cp /usr/bin/qemu-arm-static /mnt/usr/bin

This was tested on Raspbian ARM for the Raspberry Pi

arch-chroot /mnt qemu-arm-static /bin/bash