From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Sep 30 12:32:50 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id MAA16109 for isp-outgoing; Tue, 30 Sep 1997 12:32:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mercury.jorsm.com (mercury.jorsm.com [207.112.128.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id MAA16099 for ; Tue, 30 Sep 1997 12:32:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (jeff@localhost) by mercury.jorsm.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id OAA18109; Tue, 30 Sep 1997 14:37:10 -0500 (CDT) Date: Tue, 30 Sep 1997 14:37:09 -0500 (CDT) From: Jeff Lynch To: Tom cc: Brian Tao , FREEBSD-ISP Subject: Re: Cyclades Cyclom-Y PCI multiport serial as console server? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 30 Sep 1997, Tom wrote: > On Tue, 30 Sep 1997, Brian Tao wrote: [snip] > As a side note, Portmaster 2's work really well for this. A lot of ISPs > have surplus PM2s. I'm using one right now for a console server to > several FreeBSD servers, and some Cisco gear. > > Tom Do you eliminate the vga card and keyboard in your FreeBSD servers altogether or keep a monitor and keyboard nearby just in case? It would be great to start clean with a COM-port-console machine from a special boot floppy, for example. ========================================================================= Jeffrey A. Lynch, President JORSM Internet email: jeff@jorsm.com Northwest Indiana's Full-Service Provider Voice: (219)322-2180 927 Sheffield Avenue, Dyer, IN 46311 Autoresponse: info@jorsm.com http://www.jorsm.com