Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 09:59:29 +0100 From: Vincent Hoffman <vince@unsane.co.uk> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd on rackspace Message-ID: <4E200171.5060900@unsane.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <CAGBxaXkaAj0nnVBUvydAjDN4nU4SC6qeDWnsFcpP-DOhjYjE%2BA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAGBxaXkaAj0nnVBUvydAjDN4nU4SC6qeDWnsFcpP-DOhjYjE%2BA@mail.gmail.com>
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On 15/07/2011 06:57, Aryeh Friedman wrote: > I just talked to rackspace tech support on an other issue and they > said they plan to offer FreeBSD as a option after the upgrade from > Zend Classic to Zend Enterprise (ETA not known).... but they did say > we as a client are free to overwrite any slice on the virtual disk and > then use the console to configure GRUB to boot that kernel... any > ideas on how to proceed from this general advice to an actual > implementation? ..... they also said if we did get it to work before > the Zend upgrade was complete they would use our solution as the > standard one I don't know rackspace's service, but if its xen or kvm in HVM mfsbsd is proabably the way to go. I just tested with a centos6 vm on a KVM hypervisor. wget -O /boot/mfsbsd.iso http://mfsbsd.vx.sk/iso/mfsbsd-8.2-zfsv28-amd64.iso yum -y install syslinux cp /usr/share/syslinux/memdisk /boot add the following to the bottom of /boot/grub/grub.conf title fbsd root (hd0,0) kernel /memdisk iso initrd /mfsbsd.iso and make that the active entry in grub, and voila a freebsd system running from a memory disk, with DHCP and sshd allowing a root login to do what you want with the host system. As i said, I can confirm that works on a Centos5 KVM hypervisor if starting from a centos6 VM, I havent tested further. The downside is that its DHCP not a static IP (I assume you can recompile the mfsbsd image to do what you want it to.) and as I dont use grub much i dont know if you can set the mfsbsd iso to be a one time boot in case of issues. you could also try http://www.daemonology.net/blog/2008-01-29-depenguinator-2.0.html dont know if that still works. Vince > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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