Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 18:26:36 -0400 (AST) From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> To: Rick Duvall <maillist@coastsight.com> Cc: Dave VanAuken <dave@hawk-systems.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: FreeVSD for FreeBSD? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0103121824460.3642-100000@mobile.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0103122028150.34932-100000@ns1.coastsight.com>
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On Mon, 12 Mar 2001, Rick Duvall wrote: > This makes alot of sense to me! Why reinvent the wheel? > > I have been researching jail, but am disgusted that I have to re-compile > the jails as well after upgrading FreeBSD so that the jails will > update. Seems like a hassle to me. Also, compiling doesn't always work > when making jails. Jails also take up alot of disk space in comparison to > normal virtual hosting solution. I do, however, like the flexibility of > jail, but don't know of any exploits in Jail, or in FreeVSD for that > matter. Space wise, I've cut down significantly on the amount of disk space used by using hard links ... basically, i Have a script that builds the 'directory hierarcy' (since you can't link those) and then creates hard links to files under those hierarchies. ?Right now, I'm doing ports, X11R6, bin, usr/bin /sbin, /usr/sbin ... basically, have been doing "the easy ones" to do ... /usr/local and /etc are independant .. > > On Mon, 12 Mar 2001, Dave VanAuken wrote: > > > have looked at (and developed a few solutions using) jail, but in > > short, am hoping to trade development time for ready made application > > that just requires tweaking/manipulating for comfort, rather than > > continuing with the solution development and the associated > > troubleshooting and such. > > > > Dave > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Rick Duvall [mailto:maillist@coastsight.com] > > Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 10:50 PM > > To: Dave VanAuken > > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > Subject: Re: FreeVSD for FreeBSD? > > > > > > FreeVSD sounds alot like jail (see man jail in 4.x). I am wondering > > what > > the difference is, and if FreeVSD uses less or more system > > resources... > > > > Any input on this would be greatly appreciated. > > > > On Mon, 12 Mar 2001, Dave VanAuken wrote: > > > > > have not looked into this too deeply: > > > > > > reference link: > > > FreeVSD - http://www.freevsd.org > > > > > > Two questions: > > > > > > 1) anyone tried running FreeVSD on FreeBSD using linux compat? > > > - feedback? > > > > > > 2) anyone aware of similar projects or products specifically for > > > FreeeBSD? > > > > > > thanks > > > > > > Dave > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy Systems Administrator @ hub.org primary: scrappy@hub.org secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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