On Tue, 2003-01-14 at 09:09, Mark L. Kahnt wrote: > On Tue, 2003-01-14 at 04:18, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On Tue, 2003-01-14 at 02:15, Lee W wrote: > > > > It is also more > > > > "space appropriate" to do this headless than to go with a separate > > > > traditional box/monitor/keyboard, so long as I'm not walking into more > > > > headaches than I can guess at at present. > > > > > > > > > > Hi Mark, > > > > > > Given that you are putting all this in a rack, Have you considered using a > > > KVM switch, such as those supplied by Belkin. You would then only need a > > > single Keyboard, Monitor & Mouse for all of your PC's, this would get around > > > any potential problems you may have with serial as well as providing a > > > backup means of using your machines in the event that serial input fails. > > > > That, and you can run X or text mode (with all attendant benefits) > > native to each box at full wire speed, which is much faster than the > > 115Kbps (or is the console restricted to 19.2Kbps?) serial speed [snip] > My understanding is that the serial speed can be set to what the > hardware can support, but don't think that will be the only connection
But the serial h/w can only support 115Kbps. > among the computers - they will be bound by Ethernet. The serial line is > only because the boot loaders only support serial as a way of connecting > from another device - once the kernel and networking are up, they will > be on the local Ethernet backbone as the method of interaction. What boot loader only supports serial console?? Personally, I'm very happy using KVM... -- +------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://members.cox.net/ron.l.johnson | | | | "Basically, I got on the plane with a bomb. Basically, I | | tried to ignite it. Basically, yeah, I intended to damage | | the plane." | | RICHARD REID, who tried to blow up American Airlines | | Flight 63 | +------------------------------------------------------------+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]