Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2015 00:17:37 +0300 From: Maxim V Filimonov <che@bein.link> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Frank Leonhardt <frank2@fjl.co.uk> Subject: Re: jails Message-ID: <7987536.PjAn0HZS7E@thinkpad> In-Reply-To: <5575E4DC.1060204@fjl.co.uk> References: <55744D39.9020409@columbus.rr.com> <5575E4DC.1060204@fjl.co.uk>
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On Monday 08 June 2015 19:54:20 Frank Leonhardt wrote: > On 07/06/2015 14:55, Baho Utot wrote: > > I have FreeBSD 10.1 and trying to setup a jail according to the handbook: > > 15.3. Creating and Controlling Jails > > | > > |#| *|setenv D/|/staorage/jails/crochet|/|* > > |#| *|mkdir -p $D|* > > |#| *|cd /usr/src|* > > |#| *|make buildworld|* > > |#| *|make installworld DESTDIR=$D|* > > |#| *|make distribution DESTDIR=$D|* > > |#| *|mount -t devfs devfs $D/dev|* > > ..... > > Your question has already been answered, but you might also like to know... > > The make buildworld stuff isn't strictly necessary, but it's always > documented that way for some reason. I believe running buildworld from > time to time is somehow good for the soul. > > In reality you can just copy all the files from a working FreeBSD > installation in to the directory of your choice, call it an jail and it > will probably run quite happily, assuming its binary compatible. This is > fantastically useful. If you do build a "clean" installation as above, > tar it before you run it so you can (a) restore it if you make a mess > inside the jail; (b) make a extra jail VMs quickly. You can also clone a > jail simply by copy the directory and adding an appropriate config file > entry. > > Regards, Frank. > You can also use bsdinstall to install a fresh, clean base system into a jail. -- wbr, Maxim Filimonov <che@bein.link>
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