[plug] laptop screen/keyboard/mouse 2 control the server?

Cameron Patrick cameron at patrick.wattle.id.au
Wed Jun 23 14:36:13 WST 2004


Craig Ringer wrote:

| only have a basic board you'll only be able to use the serial console 
| once Linux boots. You'd need to boot your server with 
| 'console=/dev/ttyS0' then use a program like 'minicom' on the laptop. 

I believe Grub and Lilo will work over a serial port too, if they're
set up correctly, which would make kernel upgrades marginally less
scary.

Cameron.




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