[plug] Migrate HDD on headless server

[Bernd Felsche]

On Sat, Jun 28, 2003 at 05:56:48PM +0800, Craig Ringer wrote:
> James Devenish wrote:
> >In message <5.1.0.14.2.20030628094202.00aa4c68 at mail.optusnet.com.au>
> >on Sat, Jun 28, 2003 at 09:47:54AM +0800, Weirdo wrote:

> >>I will have to do all this over ssh.

> >Does the machine support a serial console?

> Almost no normal x86 machines do. I'm only aware of larger OEM servers, 
> and the new(er) Intel Xeon motherboards.

> You can get the Linux kernel to give you a serial console once it's up 
> and running by booting with
> "console=/dev/ttyS0" or "console=/dev/ttyS0 console=/dev/tty0" for both 
> normal VC and serial console. Of course, this is somewhat painful 
> without an interface to the bootloader - you could edit your lilo.conf 
> or menu.lst and add it as a secondary boot option for testing, but 
> actually selecting it could be interesting.

Doesn't the kernel revert to serial console if it finds no video?

I have a vague recollection of that happening in the distant past
(like about 1999).

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