steamos-chroot
Access alternate SteamOS partitions
TLDR
SYNOPSIS
steamos-chroot [OPTIONS]
DESCRIPTION
steamos-chroot switches the root directory in a SteamOS environment, enabling access to the alternate A/B partition or partitions on other drives. SteamOS uses A/B partition schemes for reliable updates, allowing one partition to be updated while the other remains bootable.This tool is useful for recovery operations, system repair, or accessing files on the inactive partition.
PARAMETERS
-p, --partset A|B|other
Select partition set (A, B, or the other inactive one)-d, --disk DEVICE
Target a specific disk device-h, --help
Display help
CAVEATS
Requires root privileges. Changes made in the chroot affect the target partition. Be careful when switching between A/B partitions during an active update.
HISTORY
steamos-chroot is part of the SteamOS utilities developed by Valve for the Steam Deck. SteamOS 3.0, based on Arch Linux, was released in 2022 with the Steam Deck handheld gaming device.
SEE ALSO
steamos-readonly(1), chroot(1)
