On Wed, 27 Apr 2011 07:20:26 +0000
"Nigel Horne" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello the list.
>
> My company manages a few servers in behalf of client companies that
> don't want to do it themselves.
>
> We have specific appliances that run on OpenBSD and it is our
> intention to keep it that way because of the reliability of the
> platform.
>
> However, we want to move some of the services to remote dedicated
> servers (as can be hired at several places on internet). I have been
> making a quick survey and it appears that OpenBSD is not widely
> offered as an operating system by such services. Actually, I haven't
> found a single dedicated host provider that offers OpenBSD as a
> possible choice by default, event if a few mails directed to support
> "suggest" that it might be possible to get a custom install (but no
> definitive answer on the matter...) .
>
> Has any of you ever tried to hire a dedicated server with OpenBSD
> installed on it? If so, where did you hire your OpenBSD box?
> If not, has any of you found a good way to install OpenBSD over a
> preinstalled OS remotely reliably (meaning that I don't have to get
> the server reinstalled 10 times before getting OpenBSD up and
> running)?
well, have your DC tech to connect a cdrom & kvm to your server,
ask him to download, burn, and put a cd into a drive, and then follow
your install in the same way as you usually do.
--
With best regards,
Gregory Edigarov
