Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 23:03:51 -0400 (AST) From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> To: Richard Coleman <richardcoleman@mindspring.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Looking for remote console access card that works with FreeBSD Message-ID: <20040205230120.F4449@ganymede.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <40225A27.7030208@mindspring.com> References: <40225A27.7030208@mindspring.com>
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On Thu, 5 Feb 2004, Richard Coleman wrote: > I know that AMI makes such cards (MegaRAC G2), but I don't know if they > will work with FreeBSD. I checked the hardware compatibility list on > the web site, but there was no mention of such cards. Yowch, $600?? Nifty card though ... from checking the web site, it *looks* like it primarily acts as the equivalent as a video card, no? In fact, the photo on the web site seems to show a VGA connector on the card too? So unless you are looking at X, I can't see why it wouldn't work ... But ... depending on how many servers you are using, have you looked into the remote KVM-over-IPs you can pick up? They seem to be alot cheaper, but only if you are dealing with multi-servers remotely ... ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664
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