On Tuesday 15 April 2008 09:02:35 pm John Summerfield wrote: > Ahmed Kamal wrote: > > Hi guys, > > > > Situation > > ======= > > I'm managing a server in some rural area with too many power cuts! Even > > long power cuts that our ups can't handle, and sometimes flickery power > > spikes, such that evidently sometimes the server reboots, and waits at > > the stupid "check file system" prompts. I get to drive for an hour to fix > > that FS corruption! Now, that machine does not have IPMI management or > > similar, and the serial port is connected to the UPS for auto-shutdown. > > Problem > > ===== > > This leaves me with no "remote" way to fix serious errors such as FS > > checking > > Suggestion > > ======= > > Is there such a thing as remote serial console. I'm thinking *if* the > > kernel gets to boot, then it immediately starts the network interface, > > and a tiny server for sending console messages to whoever is connected. I > > should be able to fix FS corruption and other serious problems. My > > question is, does such a thing exist ? > > Something you might keep an eye out for in the future is USB-capable > UPSs.
Could also move the existing ups to a usb-to-serial adapter, which would allow the on-board serial port to serve as a serial console output. Doesn't help you in the least right now, but note that the idea has been tossed around in Fedora kernel land about making basic usb-serial support built into the kernel in rawhide post-Fedora 9 release, the primary reason being so that one could do serial console output on a usb-serial adapter... -- Jarod Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list
