Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:59:04 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: "Aryeh M. Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> Cc: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>, Astrodog <astrodog@gmail.com>, mv <mrkvrg@acm.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: evil idea Message-ID: <20071029155904.GB11142@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <4723F112.9030008@gmail.com> References: <4722BBC8.9060902@gmail.com> <2fd864e0710262134u6ea0fb97offb687fe68e4e420@mail.gmail.com> <20071028003344.GA2491@kobe.laptop> <200710272149.47052.mrkvrg@acm.org> <4723F112.9030008@gmail.com>
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On Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 10:16:50PM -0400, Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: > 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. Yes. Jails are not really virtual machines. They just wall off a space for a process (and its children) to run in that only allows the processes access to resources provided within the jail. It is a very handy thing for appropriate uses, but it is not the same as a virtual machine which provides a base environment over which you install whole OSen. ////jerry > > -- > Aryeh M. Friedman > FloSoft Systems > Developer, not Business, Friendly > http://www.flosoft-systems.com > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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