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>>> I'm getting ready to install Gentoo on a remote bare metal server at SoftLayer: |
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>>> http://knowledgelayer.softlayer.com/procedure/mount-iso-bare-metal-server |
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>>> Option 1 requires that I have "infrastructure deployed on SoftLayer" |
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>>> which I guess means a second server there which I don't have. Option |
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>>> 2 seems to require that I have a NAS at SoftLayer which I don't have. |
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>>> That leaves me with Option 3 which requires that I set up a VPN |
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>>> connection, enable java in my browser, and download "Java iKVM |
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>>> viewer". |
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>>> Is there a better way? If not, is there an easy way to set up that |
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>>> VPN connection? I've always read that OpenVPN is a bear and I've been |
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>>> lucky enough to avoid needing it all this time. |
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>> Hi, |
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>> Does SoftLayer provide a rescue OS for there servers? Or at least, |
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>> some amd64 linux that you can boot from PXE. |
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> It looks like they have both: |
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> https://knowledgelayer.softlayer.com/procedure/launch-rescue-kernel |
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> https://knowledgelayer.softlayer.com/learning/introduction-no-os |
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> Is the rescue kernel likely a way to boot to some attached OS with tools? |
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> Also I have several identical disks on this system if there's a way to |
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> leverage that for this purpose. |
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I booted the "Rescue" and I think it's the same OS except read-only |
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and probably some other tweaks. |
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- Grant |
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