From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andy Wingo Subject: Re: how to "install" guixsd on a digitalocean server Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2017 17:51:37 +0200 Message-ID: References: <87pogo8lqj.fsf@pobox.com> <20170413152824.ncaloiywixppubzw@abyayala> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58595) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cyh2F-0000Fv-DG for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Apr 2017 11:51:52 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cyh2B-0008PT-Us for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Apr 2017 11:51:51 -0400 Received: from pb-sasl2.pobox.com ([64.147.108.67]:60457 helo=sasl.smtp.pobox.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cyh2B-0008PK-R8 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Apr 2017 11:51:47 -0400 Received: from sasl.smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-sasl2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADDBA6ED6C for ; Thu, 13 Apr 2017 11:51:46 -0400 (EDT) Received: from pb-sasl2.nyi.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-sasl2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5BF36ED6B for ; Thu, 13 Apr 2017 11:51:46 -0400 (EDT) Received: from clucks (unknown [88.160.190.192]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-sasl2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8FDD36ED6A for ; Thu, 13 Apr 2017 11:51:45 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <20170413152824.ncaloiywixppubzw@abyayala> (ng0's message of "Thu, 13 Apr 2017 15:28:24 +0000") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: guix-devel@gnu.org On Thu 13 Apr 2017 17:28, ng0 writes: > Andy Wingo transcribed 6.6K bytes: >> I just "installed" GuixSD on a DigitalOcean droplet. You can't actually >> install GuixSD; you have to mutate an existing installation into >> GuixSD. But fine. > > Could this be applied to linode as well? Or does linode function > differently? Hi, I think it can apply directly to linode as well: http://www.linode.com/docs/tools-reference/custom-kernels-distros/run-a-distribution-supplied-kernel-with-kvm Apparently there is the option to use DHCP as well, which is nice: https://www.linode.com/docs/networking/linux-static-ip-configuration Andy