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Just ask any KVM host to mount the ISO for you to install.
You are a gentleman and a scholar.
I'm a professor at Harvard.
It's not the easiest to load with gPXE/iPXE, so, yeah, ask for an ISO.
@mows: For example, @LiteServer offers NetBSD ISOs. Also, NetBSD works well on Vultr (you can upload your own ISO).
@LiteServer offers NetBSD ISOs.
While were at it, kudos to Liteserver regarding his large collection of ISOs and keeping them up to date.
Well kudos in general, great Provider.
Indeed, this is how providers (especially those who use SolusVM as their CP) should do things.
Thanks all for your thoughts. This helped me
@mows Also, depending on your needs you may find sdf.org useful. Main system runs NetBSD, you get a personal website at $name.sdf.org, compilers, personal mail, etc, you can check the "join" page for more info.
Also provides VPS servers at $7 a month, with NetBSD. Shit, they even have plan9 bootcamps every so often. Haven't personaly used them, though.
the world. Because of this the SDF cluster serves as a testbed for future
NetBSD releases. We are currently testing the new NetBSD-8 release and are
working through a short list of bugs. If the SDF cluster is unavailable,
check http://www.sdf.org for NetBSD developer status. Debugging takes time
but is much faster with a live system.
Not for the faint of heart or those not willing to learn, and it's also not run like a business. It's a non-profit, community supported, so keep that in mind. It's fine for hobbyists, educators/students, basically anything that isn't mission-critical. I wouldn't try to run your business from it, but if you just wanna dick around with NetBSD or something it's great. Plus the MA is great for storage and NextCloud, though MA runs CentOS.
@angstrom @lion
Thanks! :-)
I still have an old shell account on the European version of sdf.org, which is sdfeu.org. The guy who runs sdf.org and sdfeu.org is a big fan of NetBSD. That old shell account is what originally introduced me to NetBSD, but nowadays, I prefer to run my own instance of NetBSD on a VPS, which gives me much freedom than a shell account.
I could happily provide a netbsd iso and you could install it yourself from a spice console. 1GB RAM/30GB Disk/3TB transfer - $4/mo.
@im_jmz
That's a great idea and thanks for it. Yes, atm I freak around with netbsd to figure out if it could replace my productive running linux services cuz I feel really f*ckd with the actually linux kernel. I remember had a shell on sdf yeeears ago too! I will have a look on that.
@freerangecloud
Great offer. I now already have a box at Liteserver.nl, but I will have a look on your site too. Thanks!
The installation of NetBSD at Liteserver was via a CD Mount and VNC. A bit tricky if you do it the first time, but works. If providers consider to support ISOs they simply could use the basic install with a modern texteditor (i.e. nano) and "permit root login" activated in sshd_config. As a plus "pkgsrc" could be preconfigured and "pkgin" installed. :P
Thanks!
But, you see, part of the fun of installing NetBSD is that one is quasi-forced to use vi for the first few configuration steps until one manages to install nano. :-)
It sounds like you'd be more comfortable using FreeBSD.
Is FreeBSD also like NetBSD in this respect? Only vi at the beginning?
OpenBSD also offers mg in the base for those who don't care for vi. (For those who don't know, mg is a tiny emacs-like editor.)
No, they have a much easier to use editor. It used to be 'ee'. Not sure what it is these days, because the whole install is dialog based, unless you install TrueOS, in which case it's a GUI. A clumsy, but functional GUI.
..because setting up your bsd slices needs emacs?
I wonder if they also offer edlin for maximum user friendlyness.
edlin is dos. You want ed.
But I enjoy the challenge of trying to remember vi commands after having installed NetBSD. It's a good brain exercise.
You use NetBSD by choice, but still consider 'vi' an issue?
It's more fun that way.
Yeah, maybe even that. Not sure if users are ready for it yet though.
But don't forget the context above: I was reacting to something that @mows said (who seemed to be lamenting the absence of nano after a fresh install).
vi is an acquired taste. Liking vi isn't a prerequisite for using NetBSD. But being able to use vi after a fresh install is important.
Just checked, FreeBSD appears to still offer both ee and vi in the base:
https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/editors.html
cat > whatever
.Yeah, okay, but that's a bit awkward for editing a file. I personally don't mind having to use vi for a short while. :-)
Well, if that proves to be to much of a pain i guess sed might be an option too but you are right unless someone is severly alergic to vi it's probably easiest to just endure it for a bit.
All that one needs to do is to keep handy a half-page summary of frequently used commands in vi (until one manages to install nano, as I said above). :-)