an update on me... i installed the latest deb for chroot... added xpice to debian.. changed the /sbin/debian .. all i had to do was comment out the home drive mount, the passwd and group copies, and modify my /home/user/.chroot to reflect my environment..

it worked. internet worked, going to test sound...

biggest issue right now is n810 keyboard function keys didnt load obviously... and launching mine causes the reverse behavior i explain in my xmodmap thread. not sure i want to copy the x files i had to in my thread... not sure what that'll do to the bootable side.

(obviously had to install wmctrl and xserver-xephyr in debian.)