Re: [gentoo-user] Install Gentoo on remote server
>> >> I'm getting ready to install Gentoo on a remote bare metal server at >> >> SoftLayer: >> >> >> >> http://knowledgelayer.softlayer.com/procedure/mount-iso-bare-metal-server >> >> >> >> Option 1 requires that I have "infrastructure deployed on SoftLayer" >> >> which I guess means a second server there which I don't have. Option >> >> 2 seems to require that I have a NAS at SoftLayer which I don't have. >> >> That leaves me with Option 3 which requires that I set up a VPN >> >> connection, enable java in my browser, and download "Java iKVM >> >> viewer". >> >> >> >> Is there a better way? If not, is there an easy way to set up that >> >> VPN connection? I've always read that OpenVPN is a bear and I've been >> >> lucky enough to avoid needing it all this time. >> > >> > Hi, >> > >> > Does SoftLayer provide a rescue OS for there servers? Or at least, >> > some amd64 linux that you can boot from PXE. >> >> >> It looks like they have both: >> >> https://knowledgelayer.softlayer.com/procedure/launch-rescue-kernel >> >> https://knowledgelayer.softlayer.com/learning/introduction-no-os >> >> Is the rescue kernel likely a way to boot to some attached OS with tools? >> >> Also I have several identical disks on this system if there's a way to >> leverage that for this purpose. > > The installation tasks before chrooting into the detared stage3 can be > achieved on any Linux based OS. So, boot on the rescue kernel, do the > first steps from it, and then chroot into your disk :) The rescue kernel seems to only boot the same OS read-only and maybe some other tweaks. Unless I'm missing something, I don't think I'll be able to partition/format my disk after booting the rescue kernel since I'll be working from the OS running on the same disk I need to partition/format. Since I have multiple disks, could I boot sda as usual, install something I can boot to on sdb, switch the boot order and boot to sdb, install Gentoo on sda, switch the boot order back and boot into Gentoo on sda? - Grant
Re: [gentoo-user] Install Gentoo on remote server
On jeu. 20 juil. 10:20:28 2017, Grant wrote: > >> I'm getting ready to install Gentoo on a remote bare metal server at > >> SoftLayer: > >> > >> http://knowledgelayer.softlayer.com/procedure/mount-iso-bare-metal-server > >> > >> Option 1 requires that I have "infrastructure deployed on SoftLayer" > >> which I guess means a second server there which I don't have. Option > >> 2 seems to require that I have a NAS at SoftLayer which I don't have. > >> That leaves me with Option 3 which requires that I set up a VPN > >> connection, enable java in my browser, and download "Java iKVM > >> viewer". > >> > >> Is there a better way? If not, is there an easy way to set up that > >> VPN connection? I've always read that OpenVPN is a bear and I've been > >> lucky enough to avoid needing it all this time. > > > > Hi, > > > > Does SoftLayer provide a rescue OS for there servers? Or at least, > > some amd64 linux that you can boot from PXE. > > > It looks like they have both: > > https://knowledgelayer.softlayer.com/procedure/launch-rescue-kernel > > https://knowledgelayer.softlayer.com/learning/introduction-no-os > > Is the rescue kernel likely a way to boot to some attached OS with tools? > > Also I have several identical disks on this system if there's a way to > leverage that for this purpose. The installation tasks before chrooting into the detared stage3 can be achieved on any Linux based OS. So, boot on the rescue kernel, do the first steps from it, and then chroot into your disk :) -- alarig signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Install Gentoo on remote server
>>> I'm getting ready to install Gentoo on a remote bare metal server at >>> SoftLayer: >>> >>> http://knowledgelayer.softlayer.com/procedure/mount-iso-bare-metal-server >>> >>> Option 1 requires that I have "infrastructure deployed on SoftLayer" >>> which I guess means a second server there which I don't have. Option >>> 2 seems to require that I have a NAS at SoftLayer which I don't have. >>> That leaves me with Option 3 which requires that I set up a VPN >>> connection, enable java in my browser, and download "Java iKVM >>> viewer". >>> >>> Is there a better way? If not, is there an easy way to set up that >>> VPN connection? I've always read that OpenVPN is a bear and I've been >>> lucky enough to avoid needing it all this time. >> >> Hi, >> >> Does SoftLayer provide a rescue OS for there servers? Or at least, >> some amd64 linux that you can boot from PXE. > > > It looks like they have both: > > https://knowledgelayer.softlayer.com/procedure/launch-rescue-kernel > > https://knowledgelayer.softlayer.com/learning/introduction-no-os > > Is the rescue kernel likely a way to boot to some attached OS with tools? > > Also I have several identical disks on this system if there's a way to > leverage that for this purpose. I booted the "Rescue" and I think it's the same OS except read-only and probably some other tweaks. - Grant
Re: [gentoo-user] Install Gentoo on remote server
>> I'm getting ready to install Gentoo on a remote bare metal server at >> SoftLayer: >> >> http://knowledgelayer.softlayer.com/procedure/mount-iso-bare-metal-server >> >> Option 1 requires that I have "infrastructure deployed on SoftLayer" >> which I guess means a second server there which I don't have. Option >> 2 seems to require that I have a NAS at SoftLayer which I don't have. >> That leaves me with Option 3 which requires that I set up a VPN >> connection, enable java in my browser, and download "Java iKVM >> viewer". >> >> Is there a better way? If not, is there an easy way to set up that >> VPN connection? I've always read that OpenVPN is a bear and I've been >> lucky enough to avoid needing it all this time. > > Hi, > > Does SoftLayer provide a rescue OS for there servers? Or at least, > some amd64 linux that you can boot from PXE. It looks like they have both: https://knowledgelayer.softlayer.com/procedure/launch-rescue-kernel https://knowledgelayer.softlayer.com/learning/introduction-no-os Is the rescue kernel likely a way to boot to some attached OS with tools? Also I have several identical disks on this system if there's a way to leverage that for this purpose. - Grant
Re: [gentoo-user] Install Gentoo on remote server
On jeu. 20 juil. 08:42:09 2017, Grant wrote: > I'm getting ready to install Gentoo on a remote bare metal server at > SoftLayer: > > http://knowledgelayer.softlayer.com/procedure/mount-iso-bare-metal-server > > Option 1 requires that I have "infrastructure deployed on SoftLayer" > which I guess means a second server there which I don't have. Option > 2 seems to require that I have a NAS at SoftLayer which I don't have. > That leaves me with Option 3 which requires that I set up a VPN > connection, enable java in my browser, and download "Java iKVM > viewer". > > Is there a better way? If not, is there an easy way to set up that > VPN connection? I've always read that OpenVPN is a bear and I've been > lucky enough to avoid needing it all this time. Hi, Does SoftLayer provide a rescue OS for there servers? Or at least, some amd64 linux that you can boot from PXE. -- alarig signature.asc Description: PGP signature
