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On 3/18/22 21:16, tastytea wrote: |
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> On 2022-03-18 20:53+0100 n952162 <n952162@×××.de> wrote: |
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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 |
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>>>> offers me some choices in linux distributions, but I'm wondering |
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>>>> if I can compile gentoo to run on it. Anybody have experience |
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>>>> doing this? |
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>>> Yes. I have a Remote Console using a Java Applet (via VPN) where I |
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>>> can select an ISO image on my local disk (also for boot). So the |
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>>> Gentoo installation was just as straight forward as at home - no |
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>>> problem. |
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>>> The prerequisite is, of course, that the provider does offer a |
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>>> Remote 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 |
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>> virtual devices offered by the platform. Maybe even proprietary.... |
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>> Maybe I don't understand it correctly. |
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> Most providers just use the virtualization that is built into the Linux |
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> kernel, the same QEMU/KVM that you can setup yourself with libvirt. You |
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> need to select some VIRTIO drivers but that's about the only difference |
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> to a “normal” system. As far as I know sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel{,-bin} |
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> has everything needed built in. |
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> See also <https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/QEMU/Linux_guest#Guest>. |
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Good link, thank you. |