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Date:      Mon, 05 Mar 2007 10:33:38 -0500
From:      Chris Slothouber <chris@hier7.com>
To:        User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Question about a specific ISP: Amen/Amenworld
Message-ID:  <45EC3852.8080105@hier7.com>
In-Reply-To: <000d01c75f3a$de580200$0202fea9@jarasoft.net>
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Hi Jack,

I think it was Alexandre who was interested in a particular host in the 
UK and was debating bringing his business to a company who let him know 
outright that they do not support FreeBSD.

Thanks though!

Jack Raats wrote:
> Chris,
> 
> You can try www.layeredtech.com .
> At theair facili tiesI 've two machines running FreeBSD and the service 
> they offer is really great!!!
> 
> Jack
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Slothouber" <chris@hier7.com>
> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 4:21 PM
> Subject: Re: Question about a specific ISP: Amen/Amenworld
> 
> 
>> Personally, I would never consider a vendor that does not at least 
>> have a cursory knowledge of the platform I was using on a leased 
>> server.  If they are miles away, I want someone with a clue to be my 
>> eyes an ears in the event of an emergency.
>>
>> I'd recommend going with a host who supports FreeBSD.
>>
>> Jeff Palmer wrote:
>>> At 02:31 PM 3/2/2007, Alexandre Vieira wrote:
>>>> Hello folks,
>>>>
>>>> I'm interested in a dedicated server plan from a somewhat big 
>>>> company called
>>>> Amenworld (www.amenworld.com) but the sales technician is telling me 
>>>> that
>>>> amen technicians can't install freebsd on the machines. After some 
>>>> googling
>>>> I found that they are hosting some freebsd machines (if this counts for
>>>> anything).
>>>>
>>>> Is there anyone here that by any change is a client on this company 
>>>> and runs
>>>> freebsd?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance
>>>> Regards
>>>> -- 
>>>> Alexandre Vieira - nullpt@gmail.com
>>>
>>> Alexandre,
>>>
>>> I know nothing about this company..  but just because a few boxes 
>>> have FreeBSD doesn't mean they necessarily support it.   It's 
>>> possible to change from linux to FreeBSD on remote machine using 
>>> utilities like: http://www.daemonology.net/depenguinator/
>>>
>>> Hope that helps,
>>>
>>> Jeff
>>>
>>> P.S.  Be warned,  that utility re-images the disk,  and can leave the 
>>> machine in non-bootable state. Possibly forcing you to incur support 
>>> fees from the ISP/Datacenter.
>>>
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