From owner-freebsd-jail@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 25 00:08:02 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-jail@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A4DB1065677 for ; Fri, 25 May 2012 00:08:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu) Received: from cosmo.uchicago.edu (cosmo.uchicago.edu [128.135.52.97]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D33448FC14 for ; Fri, 25 May 2012 00:08:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: by cosmo.uchicago.edu (Postfix, from userid 48) id C48CBCB8C82; Thu, 24 May 2012 18:45:05 -0500 (CDT) Received: from 128.135.70.6 (SquirrelMail authenticated user valeri) by cosmo.uchicago.edu with HTTP; Thu, 24 May 2012 18:45:05 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <58333.128.135.70.6.1337903105.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> In-Reply-To: References: <4FBEAC50.4020703@speakeasy.org> Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 18:45:05 -0500 (CDT) From: "Valeri Galtsev" To: "Rick van der Zwet" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.8-5.el5.centos.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Cc: freebsd-jail@freebsd.org Subject: Re: i386 in jail on amd64 X-BeenThere: freebsd-jail@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu List-Id: "Discussion about FreeBSD jail\(8\)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 00:08:02 -0000 Is there any reason to not use virtual machine (e.g. VirtualBox) with real i386 in it instead of jail? Just curious. Valeri On Thu, May 24, 2012 6:38 pm, Rick van der Zwet wrote: > On 24 May 2012 23:46, Thomas D. Dean wrote: >> I have i386 running in jail on amd64, sort of. >> I need the i386 environment to develop for a nanoBSD installaion >> on an ELAN SC520. > ... >> There seem to be some problems. Often things are just flaky. No >> problem I >> can describe, just things are 'off'. > > > I have been down that road as well, but it failed. These are my 2cts, > somebody please correct me if I am wrong. Your /dev pseudo system > inside your jail is an amd64 type where as your userland within your > jail are of i386 type. Those conflict with each-other, causing all > kind of weird and wonderful behavior. > > My biggest hint of things really going wrong, came when creating md(4) > devices, from within the jail. > > Br. /Rick > -- > http://rickvanderzwet.nl > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-jail@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-jail > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-jail-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++