-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Rev Simon Rumble wrote: > This one time, at band camp, David Gillies wrote: > >> Do you have a particular brand of server Simon? IBM, HP and Dell all >> have their own cards which provide this service (RSA for IBM, rILO for >> HP, can't remember what its called for Dell). > > It's actually an IBM workstation (Intellistation M Pro 6850) so I'm not > sure such a device would be built for it, as it's not technically a > server.
Some of the Intellistations are rebranded low-end IBM xSeries servers and can use the RSA cards, but unfortunately not yours. >> Your other option is perhaps a serial connection to another >> server/workstation. You'll be able to atleast see bootup from grub/lilo >> onwards. > > The problem I'm having is that _sometimes_ it doesn't cleanly shut down, > and as I've removed the video card there's no way of knowing why. A > serial console might be the way to go. Only trouble is my laptop > doesn't have serial! Like Glen mentioned, a usb serial adapter would be the way to go. I bought one on ebay a while back for about $20 or so I think. - -- dave. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGLWj1hPPdWeHRgaoRAsJYAKCr8U073NSyp8Y5pt8ROdQWb/B53gCdGhpH +7ao9DA116phm0U23VNM650= =AKWm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
