Re: Can I run a 32-bit jail (or software) on a 64-bit server?

2010-12-06 Thread Devin Teske
On Dec 6, 2010, at 1:01 PM, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: >> "Devin" == Devin Teske writes: > > Devin> sudo cd /usr/repos > > This is pretty useless. :) I'd say it's _absolutely_ useless ^_^ Yes, indeed, the `sudo' should be omitted. -- Cheers, Devin Teske -> CONTACT INFORMATION <- Business

Re: Can I run a 32-bit jail (or software) on a 64-bit server?

2010-12-06 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
> "Devin" == Devin Teske writes: Devin> sudo cd /usr/repos This is pretty useless. :) -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsan

Re: Can I run a 32-bit jail (or software) on a 64-bit server?

2010-12-06 Thread Devin Teske
I wrote a utility (attached) to make the process really fast and easy: jail_build(8): Build FreeBSD jails from binary distributions Here's a simple howto: Step 1: Create a landing zone for your binary distribution (jail_build(8) looks in `/usr/repos' for binary distributions)... sudo mkdir

Re: Can I run a 32-bit jail (or software) on a 64-bit server?

2010-12-06 Thread Nerius Landys
On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 11:14 AM, Redd Vinylene wrote: > How do I create a 32-bit jail on a 64-bit machine then? > > http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=3744 did not tell me much. > > Thanks! > Use this as a start: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/jails.html Then yo

Re: Can I run a 32-bit jail (or software) on a 64-bit server?

2010-12-06 Thread Redd Vinylene
How do I create a 32-bit jail on a 64-bit machine then? http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=3744 did not tell me much. Thanks! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscri

Re: Can I run a 32-bit jail (or software) on a 64-bit server?

2010-12-06 Thread David DEMELIER
2010/12/6 Redd Vinylene : > Greetings! > > Can I run a 32-bit jail (or software) on a 64-bit server? I need to use some > software that only works on 32-bit. > > Thanks! > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list &g

Re: Can I run a 32-bit jail (or software) on a 64-bit server?

2010-12-06 Thread Redd Vinylene
Thanks a lot guys - I really appreciate it. Redd ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"

Re: Can I run a 32-bit jail (or software) on a 64-bit server?

2010-12-06 Thread Nerius Landys
ngs! > > Can I run a 32-bit jail (or software) on a 64-bit server? I need to use some > software that only works on 32-bit. > > Thanks! > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/fr

Re: Can I run a 32-bit jail (or software) on a 64-bit server?

2010-12-06 Thread Mike Bregg
Yes, I believe this has been possible since 7.2. Mike On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Redd Vinylene wrote: > Greetings! > > Can I run a 32-bit jail (or software) on a 64-bit server? I need to use > some > software that only works on 32-

Re: Can I run a 32-bit jail (or software) on a 64-bit server?

2010-12-06 Thread Nerius Landys
>> I've had success running [at least some] 32 bit software on 64 bit >> FreeBSD without even using a jail. >> Do you have /usr/lib32 on your system?  This would get installed for >> example if you rebuild world/kernel following this: >> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mak

Re: Can I run a 32-bit jail (or software) on a 64-bit server?

2010-12-06 Thread Redd Vinylene
On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 7:25 PM, Nerius Landys wrote: > I've had success running [at least some] 32 bit software on 64 bit > FreeBSD without even using a jail. > Do you have /usr/lib32 on your system? This would get installed for > example if you rebuild world/kernel following this: > http://www.

Can I run a 32-bit jail (or software) on a 64-bit server?

2010-12-06 Thread Redd Vinylene
Greetings! Can I run a 32-bit jail (or software) on a 64-bit server? I need to use some software that only works on 32-bit. Thanks! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To