On Tue, 18 Jun 2002, fooler wrote: > or worst kernel panic.... > > the best way to do is to buy the following hardwares: > > 1. remote boot hardware > > 2. KVM (Keyboard-Video-Mouse) switch hardware > > remote reboot hardware is you can reboot any networking or other devices > remotely... > kvm switch is a full keyboard and mouse emulation that you can even > configure cmos settings remotely.
Remote boot hardware... alternative here in conjuction with the problem is to use the free software watchdog for linux. Of course, you have to install the watchdog kernel modules too. It will safely reboot a box if it can't write to /dev/watchdog. As for kvm over ip, kludge remote connectivity solution in the intel world, and very expensive! but i guess it's better than nothing. Unix hardware class server got it right by giving virtual console on the serial port so you don't need any 3rd party hardware support. And by using LOM, you can power off the box and power on the the box remotely! The bottomline is that you can do anything via the virtual console except put a cd installer on the box. You need a flexible container which has 70% water content by weight to put the cd on it. regards, --- Andre M. Varon, SCSA http://andre.lasaltech.com _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
