On 6/10/12 1:52 PM, Daniel Braniss wrote: >> Sami Halabi <sodyn...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Hi Oliver, >> > I saw you had similar problem for console on 2010 >> > >> http://freebsd.1045724.n5.nabble.com/Serial-console-problems-with-stab=le-8-td3950684.html >> >> No, I don't think that the problem is related. My problem >> was with the serial console, while you don't have a serial >> console attached at all (at least you didn't mention it). >> >> > but the thread wasn't ended by recommendation or conclusions by you. >> > >> > did you solve that problem then? >> >> No, I came to the conclusion that the serial console support >> in FreeBSD 8 was broken somehow. So I removed the console >> cable; it's running with an old VGA CRT as the console for >> now. Fortunately I require console access very seldom, so >> I don't have to drive to that machine often. It's still >> annoying, but I didn't find a better solution; downgrading >> to 7.x isn't an option. >> > just for the record, serial on 8.x works fine! the device naming has changed > from sio to uart, and maybe some features. We use it on all our servers, even > redirecting it where possible via ILO,IMPI,DRAC. and is great for debuging > or saving long trips :-) > > WARNING: control access to these devices, specialy since root can login > on the console! > > danny >
Daniel, would you kindly elaborate on the DRAC console redirection thingy ? We're using Dells here and I loathe having to use their web interface and the java app to get a console shell. _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"