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apeiro

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From: Victoria, BC, Canada

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SliceHost now offers Arch

Hey guys,

Jared from SliceHost emailed me today and told me that due to popular demand, they now offer Arch as a distribution choice.

Phrak also found this:
http://forum.slicehost.com/comments.php … e=1#Item_0

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phrakture

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From: behind you

Registered: 2003-10-29

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Re: SliceHost now offers Arch

Phrak also found this:
http://forum.slicehost.com/comments.php … e=1#Item_0

Full disclosure: cactus found it first!

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quad3d@work

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From: Austin, TX

Registered: 2006-12-29

Posts: 81

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Re: SliceHost now offers Arch

Signed up for a VPS account. Will test it out.

[root@xell ~]# uname -a
Linux xell 2.6.18-xen #1 SMP Fri Nov 2 06:14:54 UTC 2007 x86_64 Dual-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 2212 AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
[root@xell ~]# ls
[root@xell ~]# df -h
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1             9.4G  735M  8.2G   9% /
[root@xell ~]# cd /etc/

p.s. Initial is a 3 months $60 charge, but looks like if you cancel you get rest of it back.

Last edited by quad3d@work (2007-12-12 02:55:35)

elasticdog

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From: Washington, USA

Registered: 2005-05-02

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Re: SliceHost now offers Arch

I've been a slicer for a while now...great news!

usedtire

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Registered: 2004-02-12

Posts: 50

Re: SliceHost now offers Arch

I started a Arch part of the slice wiki.  Figured at a minimum we can have a pointer to the Archlinux wiki.

http://wiki.slicehost.com/doku.php#arch

Anders

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2006-05-19

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Re: SliceHost now offers Arch

I've used Arch on a slicehost VPS for a long time now. I did a remote install, which was very easy to do thanks to their "rescue" stuff.

I left them however for a Swedish host (who sucked), so now I'm back with Slicehost and when I saw Arch among the distro options it made me really happy

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Running: Arch Linux i686, x86_64, ppc

quad3d@work

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From: Austin, TX

Registered: 2006-12-29

Posts: 81

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Re: SliceHost now offers Arch

Used slicehost.com for about a week now, they are simply awesome. Their management tools is simple, yet effective gets the job done.

usedtire

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Registered: 2004-02-12

Posts: 50

Re: SliceHost now offers Arch

Have noticed a hang in my slice.  Happens on the hour, but not at regular intervals.  I don't have any hourly cron jobs and the daily does not occur around that time.  Lasts a couple minutes and that's it.

tizoc

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Registered: 2006-07-28

Posts: 57

Re: SliceHost now offers Arch

A bit offtopic, but how does slicehost compare to linode (wich also provides the option to install Arch)??

I am about to sign up for a vps account, and haven't decided yet (I'm between slicehost and linode)

quad3d@work

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From: Austin, TX

Registered: 2006-12-29

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Re: SliceHost now offers Arch

Slicehost runs Arch64, Linode runs Arch 32-bit. You might be happier with Slicehost's performance as I find Linode sluggish sometimes.