From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 29 17:58:58 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 A45C616A421 for ; Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:58:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsam@ipt.ru) Received: from mail.ipt.ru (mail.ipt.ru [194.62.233.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56F5813C4E3 for ; Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:58:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsam@ipt.ru) Received: from sp34.ipt.ru ([194.62.233.107] helo=bs1.sp34.ru) by mail.ipt.ru with esmtp (Exim 4.62 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1ImT5d-000ILk-0Z; Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:47:29 +0300 Received: from bsam by bs1.sp34.ru with local (Exim 4.63 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1ImT7l-0001lB-Bm; Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:49:41 +0300 To: mv References: <4722BBC8.9060902@gmail.com> <2fd864e0710262134u6ea0fb97offb687fe68e4e420@mail.gmail.com> <20071028003344.GA2491@kobe.laptop> <200710272149.47052.mrkvrg@acm.org> From: Boris Samorodov Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:49:41 +0300 In-Reply-To: <200710272149.47052.mrkvrg@acm.org> (mv's message of "Sat, 27 Oct 2007 21:49:46 -0400") Message-ID: <66028762@bs1.sp34.ru> User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Giorgos Keramidas , 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: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:58:58 -0000 On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 21:49:46 -0400 mv wrote: > 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. You may be interested in: http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=373449+0+archive/2007/freebsd-current/20070923.freebsd-current WBR -- bsam