[svlug] Motherboards w/ serial consoles?

[Rob Walker]

>>>>> On Wed, 18 Nov 1998 18:05:44 -0800 (PST), Greg Retkowski
>>>>> <greg at rage.net> said:

Greg> On Wed, 18 Nov 1998, Dan Bethe wrote:
>> Will software serial console support in Linux 2.1/2.2 work?

Greg> I'm already using serial console support (on a back-patched
Greg> 2.0.x kernel).  It works well; however if someone, for example,
Greg> leaves a floppy in the drive, the machine stops mid-boot cause
Greg> of some error encountered durring POST or someone types 'halt',
Greg> then your stuck if your not sitting in front of the

yes, I hate PC hardware for this reason.

Greg> machine. Idealy (and I do this with the sparc and cisco
Greg> hardware) you just plug up your serial console port to a
Greg> terminal server then you can telnet into the terminal server
Greg> from anywhere and its like being there. Another use is in

yes.

Greg> network devices (routers for example) where there is no good
Greg> reason for a video console. cant do this with average intel
Greg> hardware.

I have heard that there is 'something' which will plug into your
keyboard and your video out and mux that into a serial line somehow.
I think I saw the ad for it in lj or sysadmin.  IIRC, it was sam
ockman who pointed me to the 'something's.  I would like to hear of
someone's experience with them, they would really come in handy around 
here.

rob

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