From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 11 14:43:55 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05F5740F for ; Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:43:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kudzu@tenebras.com) Received: from mail-oa0-f43.google.com (mail-oa0-f43.google.com [209.85.219.43]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAFA9F18 for ; Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:43:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-oa0-f43.google.com with SMTP id l10so1557210oag.16 for ; Thu, 11 Apr 2013 07:43:54 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:cc:content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=s5ktcR133YiQuBJxlI4+Lcp4iZ6zd80kiuNUmORehMQ=; b=HYKsRNUOCf4o5jjNvFDCcKZTCP2lp8N82YfPr9+08lXm97IcaUaKXrsMWDFFuHknLE 7oExTR/MDodul3YcjZpLvOY+JgKXCep834MSS3zV0dsSvgzmcehKbaXRAVMrYPX8O3N9 NOqR5IP4lnyHtgZI9DX4lJjp2DVrZOWb8Wi0Z4zDXQqo6YvvJ01rky1bdKvdx6Q4KcoH ew9MakgvRFtBbiDGtWMwAiP3DKKHxDI/jsxoprj+gxp3oEsIV3vAW7yC52/fZ8lIlA9E qASWQTpqXVICpFYC0IfxspDyfex5w4qsGfhUP1OtfMVBFCK9HD0TXqg00QIPC+NGk1rI RzpQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.60.50.102 with SMTP id b6mr2379997oeo.46.1365691434068; Thu, 11 Apr 2013 07:43:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.60.140.229 with HTTP; Thu, 11 Apr 2013 07:43:54 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <019801ce3664$36a4e9d0$a3eebd70$@com> References: <20130410170001.M48286@ezo.net> <019801ce3664$36a4e9d0$a3eebd70$@com> Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 07:43:54 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: EC2 Instances Future From: Michael Sierchio To: "Don O'Neil" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQlu2G3zUz1uxmtFonkiBzOnhkC2RdjJlSrKYITXUkvhqtaxvpGYHWqr9kGuEdwoiJiHGWl2 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:43:55 -0000 I have constructed several AMIs. If I get a sense for which flavor of instance/OS combos are of interest, I can roll a few and make them available. - M On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 8:25 PM, Don O'Neil wrote: > Have you made any AMI's based on this method? I would love to deploy a > medium or large instance that isn't subject to the 'tax', but don't really > know where to start to build one like this. > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Michael Sierchio > Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 1:05 PM > To: jflowers > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: EC2 Instances Future > > I still follow Colin's original pattern of using a minimal "Linux" > grub boot EBS device (1GB), ext2fs, with the root partition being on another > (ufs2) EBS device. This works very well, with a couple of caveats - > > - Install e2fsprogs (pkg or port) - you will need it, on occasion when > modifying the boot device (after mounting rw). > > - Kernel upgrades are tricky, so be careful > > - Edit /etc/freebsd-update.conf intelligently to prevent unintended > consequences > > Apart from that, I have been running i386 and amd64 instances this way, both > 8.3 and 9.1, without difficulty (apart from some Xen clock weirdness in > 8.3). > > No Windoze Tax. ;-) > > - M > > > On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 10:05 AM, jflowers wrote: >> Is there anything likely to be available in the future (3 months to a >> year) to avoid the Windows tax on FreeBSD instances for the smaller >> (t1.micro, m1.small, m1.medium) types? I understand the problem but >> don't find anything much online about a possible solution. Probably >> because I don't understand as much as I think. >> >> Thanks. >> >> -- >> Jim Flowers >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >