# The following assumes cwd is / and other OS is mounted on /mnt # edit as necessary if, for example, other OS is mounted on /mnt/tmp for i in dev dev/pts sys proc run; do sudo mount --bind /$i mnt/$i; done # then run chroot /mnt/whatever /bin/bash # Position at / also for cleanup: for i in run proc sys dev/pts dev; do sudo umount mnt/$i; done