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faded
Joined: 05 Jul 2003
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Location: Reno, Nevada
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| Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2003 4:19 am Post subject: |
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| i know this is linode.com but if at all possible it would be nice to have FreeBSD as an option for a virtual server :D |
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caker
Joined: 15 Apr 2003
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Location: Galloway, NJ
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| Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2003 12:31 pm Post subject: |
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faded wrote: i know this is linode.com but if at all possible it would be nice to have FreeBSD as an option for a virtual server :D
Not going to happen -- sorry :-) We're sticking with Linux (and UML) for now!
Thanks though!
-Chris |
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ido
Joined: 03 Dec 2005
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| Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 10:39 pm Post subject: So now that you're unstuck from UML (to Xen)... |
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http://wiki.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/Xen
FreeBSD runs on Xen. Pretty well, actually.
In fact, if one had access to the boot partition containing the Xen kernel and boot loader, one could easily self-bootstrap a Linode into FreeBSD.
Any chance you might be willing to help me change some boot parameters on a Xen Linode so that I can make a FreeBSD image? I'd be glad to share the image with other Linode users once it's ready. |
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SpinThis!
Joined: 07 Jan 2009
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| Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 4:39 pm Post subject: |
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Bump this thread back up. I'm considering getting a Linode and FreeBSD would probably my preferred distro.
I see Xen supports FreeBSD and with the pv-grub working now, seems at least a few of the pieces are in place to make it work. |
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caker
Joined: 15 Apr 2003
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Location: Galloway, NJ
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BSD under Xen doesn't do SMP, last I checked, so it kinda sucks.
-Chris |
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supine
Joined: 15 Jun 2005
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Location: Sydney, Australia
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| Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 4:47 pm Post subject: |
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| http://www.linode.com/wiki/index.php/BSD_Howto |
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SpinThis!
Joined: 07 Jan 2009
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caker wrote: BSD under Xen doesn't do SMP, last I checked, so it kinda sucks.
hmmm.... I was wondering about that. That makes sense; I was considering rootbsd (since they do freebsd xen) but they mention in their FAQ that "Because of the hardware virtualization used in Xen, users may see lower performance compared to a FreeBSD Jail. The diskspace on a Xen VPS cannot be easily upgraded, since partitions cannot be extended in the virtual disk."
So that kinda sucks for them, not to mention Linode simply offers better plans for the same amount of money! |
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