[OpenIndiana-discuss] OS supported in brand zones

[Jonathan Adams]

Thanks Aurélien, I thought there was something about it around, but I
couldn't place where ...

https://github.com/joyent/illumos-joyent

so it looks like joyent are keeping it together.

Jon

On 7 November 2014 14:48, Aurélien Larcher <aurelien.larcher at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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