Update, Added virtio-blk block device system support https://github.com/astlinux-project/astlinux/commit/7857ceccfd1434036e425dcbb4cbb5ef85104778
Many thanks to Michael Keuter for testing and decision making. Tested via Proxmox and Vultr (hosted). Back to the original topic, AstLinux 1.3.4 and Vultr in Sydney AU would be a possible alternative to AWS. Lonnie > On Aug 23, 2018, at 8:05 AM, Lonnie Abelbeck <li...@lonnie.abelbeck.com> > wrote: > > Thinking about this more, I think it makes sense to add virtio-blk support. > Michael Keuter concurs as well. > > I talked with the Vultr support, and they were crystal clear that they will > only support virtio-blk and not virtio-scsi in the predictable future. > > There are pros/cons for either virtio-blk/virtio-scsi, it does not seem like > either is going away any time soon. > > I think it is worth the trouble to add support for virtio-blk in genx86_64-vm > (also handle /dev/vd[a-d] in runnix, runnix-iso, and initrd). > > Lonnie > Wow it looks hard to install Astlinux in EC2. You have to build it locally > and import. > Has anyone done this? > > Regards > Michael Knill ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to pay...@krisk.org.
