On jeu. 20 juil. 10:20:28 2017, Grant wrote: > >> 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.
The installation tasks before chrooting into the detared stage3 can be achieved on any Linux based OS. So, boot on the rescue kernel, do the first steps from it, and then chroot into your disk :) -- alarig
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