Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo for a virtual server in the cloud?

2022-03-20 Thread Matt Connell
On Fri, 2022-03-18 at 14:57 -0600, Grant Taylor wrote: > I've got a Gentoo image running in Linode without any problem. > > I'm fairly certain that they offer Gentoo as an option when creating > the VPS.  It's been too long and I've messed with too many things > since then. They do. I have

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo for a virtual server in the cloud?

2022-03-19 Thread Jeremy Hendricks
If you want to save time (and probably money), compile packages into binary packages on another server and set the virtual server to only use binary. On Sat, Mar 19, 2022 at 5:51 AM n952162 wrote: > :thumbsup: Thank you. > > On 3/19/22 09:08, Matthias Hanft wrote: > > n952162 wrote: > >> You

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo for a virtual server in the cloud?

2022-03-19 Thread n952162
:thumbsup:  Thank you. On 3/19/22 09:08, Matthias Hanft wrote: n952162 wrote: You booted the minimal install ISO and went through the steps of partitioning the disk, network, etc? Yes. Exactly the same way as I did for my server at home. I was thinking that there were special drivers

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo for a virtual server in the cloud?

2022-03-19 Thread Matthias Hanft
n952162 wrote: > > You booted the minimal install ISO and went through the steps of > partitioning the disk, network, etc? Yes. Exactly the same way as I did for my server at home. > I was thinking that there were special drivers necessary for the virtual > devices offered by the platform. 

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo for a virtual server in the cloud?

2022-03-18 Thread Grant Taylor
On 3/18/22 1:03 PM, n952162 wrote: I rent a low-cost virtual server in the cloud. The platform offers me some choices in linux distributions, but I'm wondering if I can compile gentoo to run on it. Anybody have experience doing this? I've got a Gentoo image running in Linode without any

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo for a virtual server in the cloud?

2022-03-18 Thread n952162
On 3/18/22 21:16, tastytea wrote: On 2022-03-18 20:53+0100 n952162 wrote: On 3/18/22 20:40, Matthias Hanft wrote: n952162 schrieb: I rent a low-cost virtual server in the cloud.  The platform offers me some choices in linux distributions, but I'm wondering if I can compile gentoo to run on

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo for a virtual server in the cloud?

2022-03-18 Thread tastytea
On 2022-03-18 20:53+0100 n952162 wrote: > On 3/18/22 20:40, Matthias Hanft wrote: > > n952162 schrieb: > >> I rent a low-cost virtual server in the cloud.  The platform > >> offers me some choices in linux distributions, but I'm wondering > >> if I can compile gentoo to run on it.  Anybody

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo for a virtual server in the cloud?

2022-03-18 Thread Ralph Seichter
* Raphael Mejias Dias: > I've read this question and now I'm curious about how much it would > cost to compile a Gentoo system into cloud. Anyone know this? The cheapest Gentoo VMs of mine are based on Hetzner's CX11 [1] which cost 3,49 EUR per month (plus VAT, but no setup fees). Gentoo can be

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo for a virtual server in the cloud?

2022-03-18 Thread n952162
On 3/18/22 20:40, Matthias Hanft wrote: n952162 schrieb: I rent a low-cost virtual server in the cloud.  The platform offers me some choices in linux distributions, but I'm wondering if I can compile gentoo to run on it.  Anybody have experience doing this? Yes. I have a Remote Console using

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo for a virtual server in the cloud?

2022-03-18 Thread Matthias Hanft
n952162 schrieb: > I rent a low-cost virtual server in the cloud.  The platform offers me > some choices in linux distributions, but I'm wondering if I can compile > gentoo to run on it.  Anybody have experience doing this? Yes. I have a Remote Console using a Java Applet (via VPN) where I can

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo for a virtual server in the cloud?

2022-03-18 Thread Raphael Mejias Dias
On Fri, Mar 18, 2022 at 4:22 PM tastytea wrote: > On 2022-03-18 20:03+0100 n952162 wrote: > > > I rent a low-cost virtual server in the cloud. The platform offers me > > some choices in linux distributions, but I'm wondering if I can > > compile gentoo to run on it. Anybody have experience

Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo for a virtual server in the cloud?

2022-03-18 Thread tastytea
On 2022-03-18 20:03+0100 n952162 wrote: > I rent a low-cost virtual server in the cloud.  The platform offers me > some choices in linux distributions, but I'm wondering if I can > compile gentoo to run on it.  Anybody have experience doing this? If the platform offers you access to the VGA

[gentoo-user] gentoo for a virtual server in the cloud?

2022-03-18 Thread n952162
I rent a low-cost virtual server in the cloud.  The platform offers me some choices in linux distributions, but I'm wondering if I can compile gentoo to run on it.  Anybody have experience doing this?

[gentoo-user] gentoo for a virtual server in the cloud?

2022-03-18 Thread n952162
I rent a low-cost virtual server in the cloud.  The platform offers me some choices in linux distributions, but I'm wondering if I can compile gentoo to run on it.  Anybody have experience doing this?