On 25 Jan 2008 at 17:42, Ben Scott wrote: > Agreed. If I was still doing independent field tech work of the > sort you're doing, I'd likely get one of the Lantronix gadgets. It's > gotten really good reviews from someone who's judgment I trust. A lot > of hardware is flaky, doesn't work with Linux, etc. Sure, the > Lantronix is expensive, but it still beats carrying around a K, V, and > M all the time. :)
Yeah, that's the way I'm leaning. Ethernet will work with Linux, but the USB device may need some special Win32 drivers to work right. > All that said, some FYIs: > > > Tinker with the BIOS settings at system boot ... > > Good server BIOSes also have good serial console support. That > said, such servers are few and far between. Unless you already have > good hardware, you're sunk there. True, but I'm also using a lot of recycled desktop PCs as headless IPCop firewalls, and I'm looking into using them as FreeNAS local backup servers for clients with limited needs. Thanks for your comments on GRUB and serial support. Newer boxes are starting to come without PS/2 or serial ports, too, so I need to plan for that as well. -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520-290-5038 +-----------------------------------+ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
