On 2022-03-18 20:53+0100 n952162 <[email protected]> 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 have experience
> >> doing this?
> > Yes. I have a Remote Console using a Java Applet (via VPN) where I
> > can select an ISO image on my local disk (also for boot). So the
> > Gentoo installation was just as straight forward as at home - no
> > problem.
> >
> > The prerequisite is, of course, that the provider does offer a
> > Remote Console and the ISO option. I was lucky enough :-)
> >
> > -Matt
> >
>
> You booted the minimal install ISO and went through the steps of
> partitioning the disk, network, etc?
>
> I was thinking that there were special drivers necessary for the
> virtual devices offered by the platform. Maybe even proprietary....
>
> Maybe I don't understand it correctly.
Most providers just use the virtualization that is built into the Linux
kernel, the same QEMU/KVM that you can setup yourself with libvirt. You
need to select some VIRTIO drivers but that's about the only difference
to a “normal” system. As far as I know sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel{,-bin}
has everything needed built in.
See also <https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/QEMU/Linux_guest#Guest>.
