[svlug] Motherboards w/ serial consoles?

[George Bonser]

Is it mandatory to have a BIOS serial console or are you needing an OS
serial console? THe Linux 2.1 kernels have a config option for serial
console support and there is a patch for (some) 2.0.x kernels.


On Wed, 18 Nov 1998, Rob Walker wrote:

> 
> >>>>> 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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