From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 14 14:08:43 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BE55E97B for ; Sun, 14 Jun 2015 14:08:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gregory.orange@calorieking.com) Received: from mx.sl1.us.calorieking.net (mx.sl1.us.calorieking.net [173.193.161.29]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9D445E96 for ; Sun, 14 Jun 2015 14:08:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gregory.orange@calorieking.com) Received: from netserv.sl1.us.calorieking.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mx.sl1.us.calorieking.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67F64130EF7 for ; Sun, 14 Jun 2015 07:00:20 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at calorieking.com Received: from mx.sl1.us.calorieking.net ([127.0.0.1]) by netserv.sl1.us.calorieking.net (mx.sl1.us.calorieking.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id x89ngPXyNyWL for ; Sun, 14 Jun 2015 07:00:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.52] (106-68-217-61.dyn.iinet.net.au [106.68.217.61]) by mx.sl1.us.calorieking.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A4878130EF5 for ; Sun, 14 Jun 2015 07:00:19 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <557D88F0.8070008@calorieking.com> Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2015 22:00:16 +0800 From: Gregory Orange User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Softlayer VPS: Loading FreeBSD References: <6277AB8E-EDF5-436A-B1A9-5C041041E165@hub.org> In-Reply-To: <6277AB8E-EDF5-436A-B1A9-5C041041E165@hub.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2015 14:08:43 -0000 On 12/06/15 04:04, Marc Fournier wrote: > has anyone had any experience with Softlayer and loading a FreeBSD VPS there? And, if not, can someone suggest a good tool that will allow me to create an ISO from a VirtualBox build? Or, if this makes any sense, of building an ISO from a running FreeBSD system, irrelevant of VirtualBox? I happened to be in Dallas late last year and arranged a site visit and meeting with our SoftLayer contacts. We discussed this precise issue, and they had a suggestion for loading a custom ISO. We haven't yet explored the issue because so far we only use physical machines for FreeBSD, but here are some links they gave me: http://knowledgelayer.softlayer.com/procedure/import-image http://knowledgelayer.softlayer.com/articles/access-and-securely-store-isos http://knowledgelayer.softlayer.com/procedure/mount-iso-ipmiview-0 I'm looking forward to trying it out when we get to it. Overall, we have had excellent service from SoftLayer - both technical and account-related. HTH, Greg.