[OpenIndiana-discuss] OS supported in brand zones

[Aurélien Larcher]

Was not lx brand resurrected a while ago and even work with 2.6 ?

http://www.slideshare.net/bcantrill/illumos-lx

On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 11:16 AM, Jonathan Adams <t12nslookup at gmail.com>
wrote:

> quick answer, no.
>
> long answer:
>
> BrandZ allowed Linux kernels to be run in a "zone" on Solaris, but this
> code has been removed from the kernel (it might be possible to put it back
> from
> http://os-solaris.ru/en/patch-k-illumos-dlya-vosstanovleniya-lx-brand/
> but since this link is a very long time old it probably won't work ... you
> might be able to find someone who has kept it up to date if you ask the
> question on the forums.
>
> However Openindiana does have KVM built into it, and I use this to run my
> "Linux Zones", and because it's a complete virtual machine it could be used
> to run Debian/BSD/Windows quite happily.
>
> If you want to run them as true KVM zones you'd probably need to look in
> the direction of SmartOS though as you don't have to get too dirty running
> on their system.
>
> Jon
>
> On 7 November 2014 09:03, Joris FAGBEMIRO <fagbjoris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi.
> > Please tell me if it is possible to install  FreeBSD or Debian in a brand
> > zone?
> > I have an architecture with pfsense and kali-linux,and i would know if i
> > can install them in a zone in openindiana.
> > Thanks
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