I'm posting this information here just in case anyone finds it interesting. I don't have any connection to the company mentioned but as these VPSs seem pretty cheap considering they're hosted in the UK, I thought I'd share the info!
The new Xen HVM provider I have been using (and this thread was in reference to) is called Damn::VPS. www.damnvps.com I can't vouch one way or the other for them (they are new and I've only just set up an account with them) but as it's only a little over six quid for a VPS with 512MB RAM, 15GB HDD & 1000GB Monthly bandwidth, it's worth getting a VPS just for learning/testing. Use the coupon code OPENING for 10% off at checkout. Once you're setup, you can choose from the following install media: 8.0-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1">FreeBSD 8.0 64 Bit 8.0-RELEASE-i386-dvd1">FreeBSD 8.0 32 Bit CentOS-4.8-i386-binDVD">Centos 4.8 i386 DVD CentOS-4.8-x86_64-binDVD">Centos 4.8 x86_64 DVD CentOS-5.4-i386-bin-DVD">Centos 5.4 i386 DVD CentOS-5.4-x86_64-bin-DVD">Centos 5.4 x86_64 DVD Fedora-12-i386-DVD">Fedora 12 i386 DVD Fedora-12-x86_64-DVD">Fedora 12 x86_64 DVD Gentoo-amd64-20100408">Gentoo x86_64 Gentoo-i386-20100408">Gentoo i386 NetBSD-5.0.2-i386">NetBSD 5.0.2 i386 NetBSD-5.0.2-x86_64">NetBSD 5.0.2 x86_64 OpenBSD-i386-4.6">OpenBSD i386 4.6 OpenBSD-x86_64-4.6">OpenBSD x86_64 4.6 chrome-i686">Chrome i386 debian-504-amd64-DVD-1">Debian 5 x86_64 DVD debian-504-i386-DVD-1">Debian 5 i386 DVD slackware-12.2-install-dvd">Slackware 12 Install DVD slackware-13.0-install-dvd">Slackware 13 i386 Install DVD slackware64-13.0-install-dvd">Slackware 13 x86_64 Install DVD ubuntu-10.04-rc-dvd-amd64">Ubuntu 10.04 x86_64 DVD ubuntu-10.04-rc-dvd-i386">Ubuntu 10.04 i386 DVD ubuntu-8.04.1-dvd-amd64">Ubuntu 8.04 x86_64 DVD ubuntu-8.04.1-dvd-i386">Ubuntu 8.04 i386 DVD ubuntu-9.04-dvd-amd64">Ubuntu 9.04 x86_64 DVD ubuntu-9.04-dvd-i386">Ubuntu 9.04 i386 DVD dsl-4.4.10-syslinux">Damn Small Linux osol-0906-x86">OpenSolaris 0906 Windows2008-r2">Windows 2008 R2 clonezilla-live-1.2.4-28-686">Clonezilla CentOS-5.5-x86_64-bin-DVD-1of2">Centos 5.5 x86_64 CentOS-5.5-i386-bin-DVD">Centos 5.5 i386 DVD Windows2003">Windows 2003 openSUSE-11.2-NET-x86_64">OpenSuse 11.2 Network Installer Elastix-1.6.0-x86_64-bin-29oct2009">Elastix 1.6 VOIP Fedora-13-i386-DVD">Fedora 13 i386 Fedora-13-x86_64-DVD">Fedora 13 x86_64 Windows2003-32bit">Windows 2003 32bit Cheers, Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
