evil idea

[Boris Samorodov]

On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 21:49:46 -0400 mv wrote:

> Would installing Freebsd i386 within a jail on an amd64 host solve his 
> problem?

> I have been running amd64 since it was first released and am quite pleased 
> with its performance and stability.   However, as a desktop there are still a 
> number of programs that are only available on i386 and for a number of 
> reasons I would prefer to run them within a jail.  I've searched the Internet 
> and have not found anybody who has done it.

> My guess is that running a i386 program within a jail would run faster and 
> perhaps be more stable than running the same program within qemu.

> Any tips on desirability, feasibility or how to do it would be greatly 
> appreciated.

You may be interested in:
http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=373449+0+archive/2007/freebsd-current/20070923.freebsd-current


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