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Date:      Thu, 24 Dec 2015 20:33:54 -0600
From:      Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com>
To:        "Chad Leigh Shire.Net LLC" <chad@shire.net>
Cc:        David Mehler <dave.mehler@gmail.com>,  freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD jail running a Debian or Centos distro
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On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 6:49 PM, Chad Leigh Shire.Net LLC <chad@shire.net>
wrote:

>
> > On Dec 25, 2015, at 8:41 AM, David Mehler <dave.mehler@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > Has anyone got a FreeBSD jail to run either a Centos or a Debian
> > distro of Linux?
>
>
> Because of how jails work, that is not possible.
>

It's certainly possible to run a much more fully fledged linux userland in
a jail which might be what the OP is asking.

https://bluehatrecord.wordpress.com/2015/09/19/the-midnight-oil-jailing-centos6-in-freebsd-10-2/

However, if this request is some attempt at a workaround to the previous
question concerning mysql then this is quite misguided and a classic
example of an XY problem.  It is going to turn a relatively simple problem
into a nightmare.



-- 
Adam



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