---------------------------------------- > Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:12:20 +0100 > From: 000.f...@quip.cz > To: sp...@bway.net > CC: freebsd-j...@freebsd.org; freebsd-stable@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: 32-bit jails on a 64-bit system? > >> The jail(8) subsystem has been updated. Changes include: >> >> Compatibility support which permits 32-bit jail binaries to be used on >> 64-bit systems to manage jails has been added. >> ---- >> >> I know prior to 8.0 with some fancy footwork you could do some >> interesting things (for example, I have a jail running a bunch of 32-bit >> 4.11 stuff on a 7.2 amd64 box), but it was not easy. >> >> Looking at the jail manpage and handbook entries, I'm not seeing >> anything that further explains the changes. I've been able to get some >> things working in a test setup, but not everything. Any pointers to what >> exactly that blurb in the release notes actually means? Google is >> getting me nowhere. >> > > (freebsd-jail@ was added in to Cc:) > > I think it is nothing new to 8.0, it is the same as release note for 7.2. > > I didn't test it, but I think you can install (copy) i386 jail (or whole > system) in to amd64 host and just run it as any other jail. >
It might be useful this thread about 32-bit jail on 64-bit host: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-i386/2009-January/007553.html Regards. Andrew _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live Hotmail: Your friends can get your Facebook updates, right from HotmailĀ®. http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/windows/windowslive/see-it-in-action/social-network-basics.aspx?ocid=PID23461::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-xm:SI_SB_4:092009_______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"