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pgu
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Again, thank you NeddySeagoon,
I actually figured out how to start the vKVM. I could at least see grub starting and my kernel crashing, due to some problem in my initrd. I got by using the vKVM to view the messages, and the rescue shell to mount my file system and fix it. So now I'm running my own Gentoo 
Thanks for the info about the virtual mode. The message on the server was rather confusing. I would have been more happy with a physical KVM which redirects VGA/keyboard/mouse and/or serialport over ssh or some web interface. But the combination vKVM and rescue mode did what I needed.
Also it's nice with a Gentoo mirror in "the same room":
| Code: | | GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.ovh.net/gentoo-distfiles/" |
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NeddySeagoon
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| Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 8:18 pm Post subject: |
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pgu,
Did you get your IPv6 running too?
The documentation is both misleading and in places, inaccurate.
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pgu
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Location: Oslo, Norway
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| Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 12:07 am Post subject: |
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| NeddySeagoon wrote: | pgu,
Did you get your IPv6 running too?
The documentation is both misleading and in places, inaccurate. |
No, only IPv4 so far. That's far down on my priority list... |
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audiodef
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Joined: 06 Jul 2005
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NeddySeagoon
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audiodef,
OVH have allocated you a /64 you need IPv6 support built into the kernel.
The catch one is that the router is shared between 256 users, so it behaves like its in a /56
You either need a route entry in your routing table to reach the router at all, as its not in your /64 or you set up your IPv6 as a /56 which is easier.
The routers address is given in the documentation as <prefix>ff:ff:ff:ff:ff but it may not be. My net file is | Code: | # make sure use use iproute2
modules="iproute2"
# baselayout 2
# no brackets for baselayout2
config_eth0="5.135.178.112/24 brd 5.135.178.255
2001:41d0:8:b970::2/56"
# we only have a /64 but need to use /56 here so the router can be reached
# otherwise the default route is out of our network
routes_eth0="default via 5.135.178.254
default via 2001:41d0:8:b9ff:ff:ff:ff:fd"
#The router (default gateway) for each IPv6 is always on IP:v:6:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
#My /64 IPv6: 2001:41d0:8:b970::/64 |
Oh you need to learn iproute as thats needed for IPv6.
Notice my IPv6 router is at ff:ff:ff:ff:fd, not the documented ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
There is a router discover ping you can send to get the link local IP of your IPv6 router.
It works, then you can do a traceroute from another IPv6 box to find out its global address if you want to be tidy.
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audiodef
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dustfinger
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Hi,
I just signed up for the SP1 dedicated server with OVH. I choose their XenServer install. After creating a non-root user I had to build the /etc/shadow and /etc/gshadow file using pwconv and grpconv before I was able to create a password for my non-root user. Otherwise things are going well so far. I am doing some research on how to encrypt some drive space for my VMs. I plan on installing some gentoo vm's of course. I don't really know my way around xenserver, but I thought it was a good choice for a hypervisor. I am going to try out this blog and creating a paravirtualized gentoo VM. I think that is just a fancy way of saying that I am going to create a Gentoo VM on XenServer .
At 59 bucks per month it is basically the same price I would pay in electricity to run a server from home 24/7, but the hardware is better then what I have at home
I plan on deleting the OVH ssh support keys as well. I like my privacy. Mainly this is just for fun. I was really tempted to spend 89 bucks per month just to get more threads and RAM, but I am sure that 16 GB will be plenty for me at this time.
Thanks for this thread. I was getting tired of comparing different VPS options and am happy that I finally made a decision.
Sincerely,
dustfinger
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stmiller
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ChicagoVPS offers Gentoo - http://chicagovps.net/
I have an openvz Gentoo VPS with them and it works quite well. The base install image is a tad old, so it takes some time to get current.
But so far pretty good.
Edit: 2014 update - Gentoo is no longer offered. :/ |
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archenroot
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Location: Lake Macha, Czech republic
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| Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2015 12:25 am Post subject: Some new updates |
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I found some of Gentoo compatible VPS services:
This one provide directly Gentoo image (32/64 version) preinstalled:
http://www.win-vps.com/cart.php?a=confproduct&i=0
wedos.cz - they provide remote access and mount of cd to the machine, so you can install anything.
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