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From:	Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com>
To:	Gentoo mailing list <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-user] Install Gentoo on remote server
Date:	Thu, 20 Jul 2017 17:20:35
Message-Id:	`CAN0CFw01uoo09FNBDBLaRGGaHhz+=xzx4rABx9QHVKz20_oY4A@mail.gmail.com`
In Reply to:	Re: [gentoo-user] Install Gentoo on remote server by Alarig Le Lay

1	>> I'm getting ready to install Gentoo on a remote bare metal server at SoftLayer:
2	>>
3	>> http://knowledgelayer.softlayer.com/procedure/mount-iso-bare-metal-server
4	>>
5	>> Option 1 requires that I have "infrastructure deployed on SoftLayer"
6	>> which I guess means a second server there which I don't have. Option
7	>> 2 seems to require that I have a NAS at SoftLayer which I don't have.
8	>> That leaves me with Option 3 which requires that I set up a VPN
9	>> connection, enable java in my browser, and download "Java iKVM
10	>> viewer".
11	>>
12	>> Is there a better way? If not, is there an easy way to set up that
13	>> VPN connection? I've always read that OpenVPN is a bear and I've been
14	>> lucky enough to avoid needing it all this time.
15	>
16	> Hi,
17	>
18	> Does SoftLayer provide a rescue OS for there servers? Or at least,
19	> some amd64 linux that you can boot from PXE.
20
21
22	It looks like they have both:
23
24	https://knowledgelayer.softlayer.com/procedure/launch-rescue-kernel
25
26	https://knowledgelayer.softlayer.com/learning/introduction-no-os
27
28	Is the rescue kernel likely a way to boot to some attached OS with tools?
29
30	Also I have several identical disks on this system if there's a way to
31	leverage that for this purpose.
32
33	- Grant

Subject	Author
Re: [gentoo-user] Install Gentoo on remote server	Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] Install Gentoo on remote server	Alarig Le Lay <alarig@××××××××××.fr>