Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 14:52:17 -0500 From: Rob Andrews <rob@cyberpunkz.org> To: Robin Becker <robin@jessikat.fsnet.co.uk> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to get console keyboard going Message-ID: <20010918145217.C81157@switchblade.cyberpunkz.org> In-Reply-To: <S8floLAvA4p7Ewd7@jessikat.demon.co.uk>; from robin@jessikat.fsnet.co.uk on Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 06:11:11PM %2B0100 References: <S8floLAvA4p7Ewd7@jessikat.demon.co.uk>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 06:11:11PM +0100, Robin Becker wrote: [ -snip- ] Opposed to what everyone else is saying on this thread so far might I suggest looking into setting up a comport on the box to allow a serial connection console. In larger enviroments I have seen people make use of routers and digiboards to allow serial connections to grab consoles on machines in case of problems such as your concerned with. I don't recall right off the documentation location for setting this up but it would seem to be a much more logical approach to your problem. Just a thought :) Best of luck. -- Rob Andrews Administrator Cyberpunk Alliance http://www.cyberpunkz.org/ Minneapolis, MN [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7p6XxAXwJ9YLqJJURAmKHAJ9xW4/D3YuENcCX4wbxIv7fxCyXbQCeJbgu XDMIhx4t2w2wSxdKLdhEXnw= =68jl -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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