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Date:      Tue, 30 Sep 1997 14:37:09 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Jeff Lynch <jeff@mercury.jorsm.com>
To:        Tom <tom@sdf.com>
Cc:        Brian Tao <taob@nbc.netcom.ca>, FREEBSD-ISP <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Cyclades Cyclom-Y PCI multiport serial as console server?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970930140739.16791B-100000@mercury.jorsm.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970930110251.6322A-100000@misery.sdf.com>

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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. 

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