>> 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
