On Wed, 27 Apr 2011 07:20:26 +0000 "Nigel Horne" <nigel.ho...@gmx.com> 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