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On 3/18/22 20:40, Matthias Hanft wrote: |
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> n952162 schrieb: |
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>> I rent a low-cost virtual server in the cloud. The platform offers me |
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>> some choices in linux distributions, but I'm wondering if I can compile |
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>> gentoo to run on it. Anybody have experience doing this? |
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> Yes. I have a Remote Console using a Java Applet (via VPN) where I can |
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> select an ISO image on my local disk (also for boot). So the Gentoo |
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> installation was just as straight forward as at home - no problem. |
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> The prerequisite is, of course, that the provider does offer a Remote |
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> Console and the ISO option. I was lucky enough :-) |
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> -Matt |
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You booted the minimal install ISO and went through the steps of |
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partitioning the disk, network, etc? |
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I was thinking that there were special drivers necessary for the virtual |
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devices offered by the platform. Maybe even proprietary.... |
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Maybe I don't understand it correctly. |
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