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Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 14:03:10 -0500
To: asami@cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami)
From: Gary Schrock <root@eyelab.psy.msu.edu>
Subject: Re: upgrading from 2.1-stable to 2.2-stable remotely?
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At 05:51 PM 10/26/97 -0500, you wrote:
>You can do almost anything (including fsck) remotely if you use a
>serial console.  Get a terminal server or use a null modem cable to
>connect it to a nearby machine.

Hmm, now that's one of the more interesting solutions I've seen suggested.
Unfortunately I'm not sure if I could convince the place to let us on
another machine to do that with.  Definitely will have to look into that.

Gary Schrock
root@eyelab.msu.edu