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--On June 7, 2008 2:16:26 PM -0700 Jo Rhett <jrhett@netconsonance.com>=20
wrote:

> On Jun 5, 2008, at 11:35 AM, Paul Schmehl wrote:
>> It's not quite that simple.  To do that, I have to block out time to
>> drive 45 miles during my supposed "off" hours and do the upgrade
>> there.  Because, if it breaks networking and I'm at home, the server
>> will be down for at least an hour until I can drive to the hosting
>> company, get access to the server and restore the old kernel.
>
> Paul, you should arrange with your colocation provider to get an out of
> band serial connection to the system, and configure the console to go to
> the serial port.  We provide that for free at $EMPLOYER and most other
> places I know of do it for free or nominal charge.
>

I was not aware of that.  Thanks for the suggestion.

Paul Schmehl
If it isn't already obvious,
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those of my employer.

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