Gentoo x86-64 support for a choice of distro

Posted June 18, 2014

Hi. Do you support Gentoo x86-64?

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sysfu • January 12, 2015

Gentoo support was apparently over a year ago and it’s probably not coming back. So was Arch linux. That’s why I left Digital Ocean for VULTR.

obask • August 6, 2015

change hostname(s) and IP(s) that match the new droplet After changing to static IP address snapshots restore are not working. How to fix this problem?

computercornerplusllc • May 23, 2015

Just do a stage 3 install to your liking:

delete the installed distro
move your stage 3 over
use kexec to boot your custom kernel
create a stage 4 image/template for new droplets
change hostname(s) and IP(s) that match the new droplet

That’s what I did to solve “my needing to run Gentoo problem”.

dem • December 29, 2014

+1 for Gentoo, any news?

Andrew SB • June 18, 2014

Hi,

Unfortunately, we do not currently support Gentoo. It’s unlikely that we’ll add it as a supported distro. If you’d like to be able to use custom distros, you can show your support by “vote” for custom images at the UserVoice page:

https://digitalocean.uservoice.com/forums/136585-digitalocean/suggestions/3276477-allow-custom-images