At 01:21 PM 3/16/01 +0200, Philips wrote:
>Hello All!
>
> I've set up new PC Linux server box and I'm looking for way to have a shell on
>it.
>
> I thought telnet/ssh will be enough - but network should be up and
>reconfiguring network is almost impossible.
NO, just very tricky. I've remotely admin'd hosts for months without seeing
them (once I had the initial setups right).
> Terminal on serial port is nice - but any cable/terminal troubles will force
>me to shutdown server. too bad... :-(
I don't understand what this means. If you set up your inittab entry right,
the server should survive terminal or cable problems quite well.
> Cisco on their routers have a special port - console - you can attach terminal
>on it any time you need.
>
> Is there any analogue for PC platform?
It depends on what you mean. To work entirely from a serial port (that's all
that Cisco's "special" port is), the BIOS needs to know about it. That's,
obviously, not a Linux issue. There are PCs with BIOSs that can boot from
serial ports, but they are rare (I've never actually seen one, but people
mention them on lists regularly).
Newer Linux kernels can be configured with serial-console capability, and
ordinary inittab entries can provide a serial connetion for logins. This
helps once Linux has booted and init'ed, but not prior to that (it doesn't
help with the LILO bootloader, for example).
You will need to be a bit more specific about what you actually need/want to
get more detailed advice.
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