SOLVED No active remote repositories configured

[tiwing]

Hi All, new to the forums, basically new to freenas. I have a problem probably caused by a noob mistake I made, need some help please!

Freenas version: FreeNAS-9.1.0-RELEASE-x86 (21ef4b2)

My intent was to create a jail where mysql would be installed for a common Kodi (xbmc) library. I created the jail fine, jexec'd into the jail, and ran pkg install mysql55-server. Then the error message came up no active remote repositories configured.

I assume I'm missing a configuration file somewhere but being new to freenas and new to linux in general I'm struggling to find where / what this file might be.

Does anyone have any suggestions?? Thank you.
Tiwing

 

[pirateghost]

Sounds like you have an improperly configured network setup for your jails.

 

[cyberjock]

Well, you're going to have problems with x86 versions, and 9.1.0 had major bugs. So I'd start with an upgrade to 64 bit OS and an upgrade to least 9.2.1.9 if not 9.3. Nobody here is going to remember the intricacies of a version of FreeNAS that is 20 months ago (yes, it came out in summer 2013).

 

[tiwing]

I"ll take another look at the jail network setup, thanks. Considering the bugs comment in 9.1.0 I may try for last 32bit version - I assume it is better?

I was looking to upgrade but my old embarassing / underpowered / undersized system is only 32 bit capable. I'd love to upgrade but the money's not in the bank now. 20 months. I can't believe it's that long.

thanks

 

[pirateghost]

If you don't have a 64 bit capable system then you surely don't meet the minimum hardware requirements, and certainly don't have enough horsepower to run jails on top of zfs

 

[cyberjock]

What pirateghost said. You aren't going to get this working adequately and need to either find money to upgrade, accept the current limitations, or find another OS to use. :/

The latest version of FreeNAS doesn't even offer 32-bit anymore because the minimum RAM is 8GB (which requires 64-bit CPU).

 

[tiwing]

I didn't realize that running a jail with an occasional use database would occupy that much more resource - but your comments are well taken both cyberjock and pirateghost. When I realized freenas wasn't available in 32bit anymore I did start to reconsider my current setup. There's no way it meets requirements, but I also do a full cloud backup of everything every single night so if it fails I don't lose everything ... then break out the credit card :)

I'll take your advice, delete the jail, and wait until I can do this the right way. Thank you!
Cheers