On 2022-03-18 20:03+0100 n952162 <[email protected]> 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 output via VNC or whatever and lets you mount an ISO in a virtual DVD drive, it pretty much works like any other Gentoo install. Another option is to shrink your filesystem and partition, make a new partition and install Gentoo from the old install. You could also try to make Grub boot into an ISO in your /boot partition. If you don't have access to the VGA output, you could try to find a ISO that starts an SSH server automatically and lets you set the password via the kernel cmdline. Kind regards, tastytea
