Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:40:41 +0100 From: Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org> To: Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: EC2 Instances Future Message-ID: <5166D979.6020503@qeng-ho.org> In-Reply-To: <CAHu1Y73iS1%2BLYHGriFdv21xX-LV4Dd=x_BZ4dt8Tk9cvg_qOnQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <20130410170001.M48286@ezo.net> <CAHu1Y73UH07RaeDtea_-ujbguWwkC5bde8T0wQOcpUJivjMo7Q@mail.gmail.com> <019801ce3664$36a4e9d0$a3eebd70$@com> <CAHu1Y73iS1%2BLYHGriFdv21xX-LV4Dd=x_BZ4dt8Tk9cvg_qOnQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On 04/11/13 15:43, Michael Sierchio wrote: > 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. I'd be more interested in a step by step How To so I could roll my own. I need to use EU instances because of data protection laws, and the Windows tax on micro instances in the EU is a huge 75%! > On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 8:25 PM, Don O'Neil <lists@lizardhill.com> 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 <jflowers@ezo.net> 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 <jflowers@ezo.net>
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