> >> >Build a rescue image that supports serial console. >> >This has been available on linux for quite a while. >> >> >> This works just fine on Solaris also, as long as you >> are able to remotely >> reboot the system (and/or power cycle it) > >What about when the system does not come up after >POSTing?
I'm not sure what you mean by that? Clearly if the system does hang after POST there's nothing you can do even with linux as the system is broken. If, however, you can tell it to boot from alternate location such as, e.g., the network, then it'll boot from the network. >In a linux environment, we can use pxe to get pxegrub >with serial console support and we manually tell it to >load a linux kernel image and a rescue image or it >could be preset to load a linux kernel image and a >rescue image with serial console support. As with Linux, *if* you can manage to netboot the system, then you can do pretty much anything with it. (And that has been possible since Solaris supports PXE boot which must be around 7 odd years now) Casper _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
