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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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