[ale] VPS providers

[Jeff Hubbs]

As I recall, as long as you have a Xen-patched kernel, you can use it in 
your DomU and configure it as you wish.  There was a separate 
xen-sources kernel package in Gentoo Portage.

On 1/22/10 8:45 PM, James Sumners wrote:
> Linode uses Xen for their virtual machines. It looks like Fivebean
> uses OpenVZ. Fivebean states in their FAQ that you cannot compile a
> custom kernel for your VM. Is this possible with Xen VMs?
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> Some of the language on Fivebean's site puts me off. And their
> technical support is by email only. Seems dodgy to me.
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> On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 7:16 PM, Ben Coleman<oloryn at benshome.net>  wrote:
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>> Did you get a chance to look at Fivebean (www.fivebean.com)?  I just got
>> a couple of VPSs over the a couple of days ago.  Prices are good (at
>> least while the discount holds, and if you sign up while the discount is
>> on, you get to keep it for the lifetime of the account), and support
>> seems to be responsive.  I found myself thinking today that they remind
>> me somewhat of early Mindspring.
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