how does it work if the box is already hung ? what if the box is not on, can you power it on ?
On Fri, 24 May 2002, Jonathan Bartlett wrote: > By the way, the PC Weasel 2000 is the only option I know of which includes > the ability to power-off even when the machine is hung. > > Jon > > On Wed, 22 May 2002, Steve Lee wrote: > > > thanks. that is awsome. > > > > > > On Wed, 22 May 2002, Jonathan Bartlett wrote: > > > > > > anyone know of brand of products so i can have remote > > > > console access to both LINUX and SPARC Boxes. > > > > > > > > I'am looking for a way to be able to reboot the boxes, > > > > look at the system as it boots to trouble shoot in the > > > > bios if needed, anything i can do from the console. > > > > > > I didn't see this answered anywhere, so I'm sorry if this is redundant. > > > Anyway, the way you go depends on what kind of hardware you have. > > > > > > You basically need a controller box to handle the reboots, which basically > > > just has a serial port and a minicom session per box. > > > > > > For Solaris, it's easy, just hook up a null-modem connection between your > > > Sparc serial port A and a controller box. Don't include a graphic card or > > > keyboard on this box. > > > > > > For x86 Linux, you have a few options: > > > > > > a) for crappy hardware, it depends on whether or not you want to be able > > > to see the BIOS messages. If you don't mind not being able to mess with > > > the BIOS, you can simply put the following line in /etc/inittab: > > > > > > S1:12345:respawn:/sbin/getty ttyS0 DT19200 vt100 > > > > > > and the following line in lilo.conf (or whatever the GRUB equivalent is) > > > > > > append=" console=tty0 console=ttyS0,19200N8 " > > > > > > This will get you all of your boot messages, and start a console. > > > However, to see your BIOS messages, you will need a hardware > > > implementation. Check out the "PC Weasel 2000" for information about this > > > - http://www.realweasel.com/ - this basically redirects keyboard and > > > character-based-video through a serial port, so you don't need any of the > > > modifications above (although you can do it for better performance). > > > > > > b) On newer intel server boards, I believe there is an option to shove the > > > character-based stuff through the serial ports anyway, just like a "real" > > > server. > > > > > > Let me know if you need more info. > > > > > > Jonathan Bartlett > > > > > > > > > > > This hardware will be needed to support both linux > > > > and solaris on sparc. > > > > > > > > Thanks guys. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Redhat-list mailing list > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Redhat-list mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Redhat-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
