Hi, On Tue, April 15, 2008 4:40 pm, Ahmed Kamal wrote: > Hi guys, > > Situation > ======= > I'm managing a server in some rural area with too many power cuts! Even long > power cuts that our ups can't handle, and sometimes flickery power spikes, > such that evidently sometimes the server reboots, and waits at the stupid > "check file system" prompts. I get to drive for an hour to fix that FS > corruption! Now, that machine does not have IPMI management or similar, and > the serial port is connected to the UPS for auto-shutdown. > Problem > ===== > This leaves me with no "remote" way to fix serious errors such as FS > checking > Suggestion > ======= > Is there such a thing as remote serial console. I'm thinking *if* the kernel > gets to boot, then it immediately starts the network interface, and a tiny > server for sending console messages to whoever is connected. I should be > able to fix FS corruption and other serious problems. My question is, does > such a thing exist ?
You might want to look into KVM-over-IP.... HTH, Mike _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list
