From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 28 02:21:09 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0151716A417 for ; Sun, 28 Oct 2007 02:21:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aryeh.friedman@gmail.com) Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.236]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACAE513C481 for ; Sun, 28 Oct 2007 02:21:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aryeh.friedman@gmail.com) Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i29so1124515wxd for ; Sat, 27 Oct 2007 19:21:07 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=f7Fg430EwSfIQEE8A06USIfzJoe3SFepYwCqZFAQSg4=; b=b9lBzjTdYDC3YRQkVdybHZcoly2q6jVhO9ATqsOI5mKO8FvGqTlh+AMhItga4zpqPZdRWveo1lhQtxPLvpCPyAMSSWxWWS7nDfdmsFrVnSYHme8zn/4unpQ+ocY4+RvttwX2ppEvs8xhDq+he1ZW9OFBVhfUS5W9hMScRt82fwA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=WDgtJs8ZrSFvg3l0C5SgkacM5C4o2RPiecT8h95S22k9fUh2j0iuiMUoDRT3FHLDZKLmgzLG2oGb+gwPu4hNntwP4TT5qhojRHTWlXbMJ4f7gGXmUSPEMoftlI/Dd8zzkqAmQd4U//Zxg4wgY8k9J7kIUIkK8VBI33QaUR7D1rg= Received: by 10.70.47.19 with SMTP id u19mr7863991wxu.1193538067662; Sat, 27 Oct 2007 19:21:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.2.2? ( [67.85.89.184]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id p33sm6785771elf.2007.10.27.19.21.06 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 27 Oct 2007 19:21:06 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4723F112.9030008@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 22:16:50 -0400 From: "Aryeh M. Friedman" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20071016) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: mv References: <4722BBC8.9060902@gmail.com> <2fd864e0710262134u6ea0fb97offb687fe68e4e420@mail.gmail.com> <20071028003344.GA2491@kobe.laptop> <200710272149.47052.mrkvrg@acm.org> In-Reply-To: <200710272149.47052.mrkvrg@acm.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Giorgos Keramidas , Astrodog , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: evil idea X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 02:21:09 -0000 mv wrote: > Hello, > > Would installing Freebsd i386 within a jail on an amd64 host solve his > problem? > > I have been running amd64 since it was first released and am quite pleased > with its performance and stability. However, as a desktop there are still a > number of programs that are only available on i386 and for a number of > reasons I would prefer to run them within a jail. I've searched the Internet > and have not found anybody who has done it. > > My guess is that running a i386 program within a jail would run faster and > perhaps be more stable than running the same program within qemu. > > Any tips on desirability, feasibility or how to do it would be greatly > appreciated > When I was first looking at this that was my idea but as far I can tell the jail needs to run the same kernel as the jailing OS. -- Aryeh M. Friedman FloSoft Systems Developer, not Business, Friendly http://www.flosoft-systems.com