sysinstall in a jail

[Frederick N. Brier]

I do not know whether this is the proper way of doing it, but I mounted 
the CD using

mount -v -t cd9660 /dev/acd0c /usr/jail/myjail/dist

Then I went back into the jail'ed environment, started up sysinstall, 
selected Configure/Media, choosing File System, specifying /dist, then 
selecting Packages, and it worked.

Fred.

Frederick N. Brier wrote:

> I am running into a problem installing packages via sysinstall within 
> a jail using the CD media.  I did a minimal install, but added the 
> /usr/src directory.  I followed the directions to setup a jail and 
> copied /stand/sysinstall into the jail subdirectory.  As per the 
> directions, I then started up the jail and ran sysinstall.  But when I 
> attempt to install off of the cdrom media, I get the following error: 
> "Error mounting /dev/acdoc on /dist: Operation not permitted (1)".  
> Now it makes sense that a jail might not be allowed to mount a system 
> device.  My confusion is that these were the instructions and I have 
> not seen any posts saying this is a problem.  Is there a way to give 
> the jail permission to access the CD device?  Should I mount the CD 
> from the host (outside the jail) but to a subdirectory the jail has 
> access to? Such as /usr/jail/myjail/dist?  Versus /dist?  Thank you 
> for any suggestions.
>
> Frederick N. Brier
>
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