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On Mon, Apr 25, 2005 at 06:34:58PM +0100, Pete French wrote:
> > Colocation that does not include serial console access is IMHO worthless.
> 
> i;ve been following this discussion with interest - what advantages does
> a serial concolse give you over a colo's standard KVM access ? I've
> never used a serial consolve with FreeBSD, though I see the phrase crop
> up a lot.
> 
> -pcf.

How do you get to the KVM access?  If you have to tell someone to do a
thing, its worthless.

If you can directly get to the KVM (remotely), e.g. via some application -
then its ok.

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