Re: [gentoo-user] OT somehow: experiences around linode

2014-11-30 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 30.11.2014 um 12:59 schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger: > Am 30.11.2014 um 12:49 schrieb Pandu Poluan: > >> It performs magic tricks to read the /boot proper, because / might be on a >> different partition or even different virtual disk, but 99% of the time it >> works automagically. >> >> It's the 1

Re: [gentoo-user] OT somehow: experiences around linode

2014-11-30 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 30.11.2014 um 12:49 schrieb Pandu Poluan: > It performs magic tricks to read the /boot proper, because / might be on a > different partition or even different virtual disk, but 99% of the time it > works automagically. > > It's the 1% that you should be scared of :-) Ah, at least something! ;

Re: [gentoo-user] OT somehow: experiences around linode

2014-11-30 Thread Pandu Poluan
On 18:00, Sun, Nov 30, 2014 Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: Am 30.11.2014 um 11:57 schrieb J. Roeleveld: > No, pv-grub is run inside the context of the host, using a kernel image inside the VM. ... which is not in /boot as far as I see. So if I want to add kernel-boot-time-options I have to instal

Re: [gentoo-user] OT somehow: experiences around linode

2014-11-30 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 30.11.2014 um 11:57 schrieb J. Roeleveld: > No, pv-grub is run inside the context of the host, using a kernel image > inside the VM. ... which is not in /boot as far as I see. So if I want to add kernel-boot-time-options I have to install my own kernel plus the entry in menu.lst, correct? Th

Re: [gentoo-user] OT somehow: experiences around linode

2014-11-30 Thread J. Roeleveld
On 30 November 2014 11:45:21 CET, "Stefan G. Weichinger" wrote: >Am 30.11.2014 um 00:57 schrieb Al: >> Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: >>> Who has rent a virtual server at linode.com and what is your >opinion? >> >> I have two servers with Linode, one running Gentoo, and Debian on the >other. >> >>

Re: [gentoo-user] OT somehow: experiences around linode

2014-11-30 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 30.11.2014 um 00:57 schrieb Al: > Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: >> Who has rent a virtual server at linode.com and what is your opinion? > > I have two servers with Linode, one running Gentoo, and Debian on the other. > > My experience has been great so far. > > My only contact with support was

Re: [gentoo-user] OT somehow: experiences around linode

2014-11-29 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 30.11.2014 um 00:57 schrieb Al: > My experience has been great so far. > > My only contact with support was an ipv6 issue that I ran into a few > months ago, and they quickly replied with a reference to a Gentoo bug > which included the fix. > > So here's one vote for Linode. good to hear th

Re: [gentoo-user] OT somehow: experiences around linode

2014-11-29 Thread Al
Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > Who has rent a virtual server at linode.com and what is your opinion? I have two servers with Linode, one running Gentoo, and Debian on the other. My experience has been great so far. My only contact with support was an ipv6 issue that I ran into a few months ago, a

[gentoo-user] OT somehow: experiences around linode

2014-11-29 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
fellow gentoo-users: Who has rent a virtual server at linode.com and what is your opinion? I find stuff like: http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1101752 https://plus.google.com/+DiegoElioPettenò/posts/FbuwyVg79Eh Maybe they have learned since then? Any current opinions? I spent