Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2007 10:21:03 -0500 From: Chris Slothouber <chris@hier7.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question about a specific ISP: Amen/Amenworld Message-ID: <45EC355F.1080008@hier7.com> In-Reply-To: <7.0.1.0.0.20070305100724.01a34dc8@totaldiver.net> References: <755cb9fc0703021022x11e32010pa50107bf5787139c@mail.gmail.com> <755cb9fc0703021131s197d4f4bpd0a1decbf3b7dc76@mail.gmail.com> <7.0.1.0.0.20070305100724.01a34dc8@totaldiver.net>
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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. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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