Sorry. Numpty alert! FreeBSD Jails... Help?

[Kaya Saman]

Hi guys,

just as I've been helping out already I did actually have this lot in my 
Wiki:

http://wiki.optiplex-networks.com/xwiki/bin/view/FreeBSD/Installing_FreeBSD

[quote]
Please take note however that the *Buildworld* environment needs to have 
*all sources* installed into the system in order to compile and build. 
This however should really only affect people who wish to use *FreeBSD 
Jails* as standard non-Jail configured systems will run fine with the 
default selection above.
[/quote


Which is exactly the same as Andy has just mentioned below.

The rest of the procedure then is pretty trivial....

I think Dave is getting confused about how to use the sysintall software 
which I did at first too a few years back when I started with FreeBSD 
but now that I am used to it, I don't suffer any more.

The next release of FreeBSD won't have that any more from what I recall 
reading and will change to something else? - Correct me if wrong...


Regards,


--K


On 06/08/2011 12:05 AM, a.smith at ukgrid.net wrote:
> Hi Dave,
>
>   I didn't find it total plain sailing myself when I did this for the 
> first time a few months back.
>
> Ok, so I think you are sitting in "/usr/src" trying to run the make 
> buildworld right? If you are getting the error you mentioned then I 
> think it means you are missing the Makefile? Ie if you do an ls there 
> is no file called "Makefile". In that case you need to install it, 
> which if via sysinstall you need to go:
>
> Configure
> Distributions
> src
> base (this has the Makefile)
>
> then select ok, and choose FTP etc etc,
>
> If you have the other sources already then you should be good to go,
>
> cheers Andy.
>
>
>
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