From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 8 09:17:08 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B0081065678 for ; Sun, 8 Jun 2008 09:17:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andy.kosela@gmail.com) Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.183]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C99E68FC17 for ; Sun, 8 Jun 2008 09:17:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andy.kosela@gmail.com) Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id j4so1260254wah.3 for ; Sun, 08 Jun 2008 02:17:07 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :content-disposition; bh=IAzuZVueFl3Ew8ejo9nKQjc+2P203tN48OCujkCajEg=; b=tRe2kURwmVviusqoPGFZkttLnTOh0LLtcjz83VYVU55+NLb9MvGKSIts9qw1kJlZZo 4CiPkNnfRrhyL0U3f5vEXimlLyW+Y/klx1+Pv+jODjZTk0V0dL9QJ7mgWoZiOlrXMFCL lQHL4+sYUnU33doBVp7K9s5Gnt+ztXk8GaOfk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=SqzUYOdyDK9PANOA4do9nVulGB6O2rzm9+K3a0LI8AoHehXG3YerwlZuikxdCl523D 7beM2+vX52JfIXWrVblM7wb9NNVipayx/dAz6iC1sZNNJPqelFpbEQmX2CVRu1GmJIzm JmZhNm0DjBhcsVwPDcGNicDjowuKpwkZF3w8c= Received: by 10.114.197.10 with SMTP id u10mr2114216waf.47.1212916627122; Sun, 08 Jun 2008 02:17:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.112.6 with HTTP; Sun, 8 Jun 2008 02:17:07 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <3cc535c80806080217m413995dej4037fd2aac22ef4b@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2008 11:17:07 +0200 From: "Andy Kosela" To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: console access X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2008 09:17:08 -0000 --On June 7, 2008 2:16:26 PM -0700 Jo Rhett 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. > or if your colocation provider is using any modern server hardware (HP, Dell, IBM) and I bet they do, they should give you lights-out access (HP's ILO2, Dell's DRAC). Then you can even remotely mount iso images from your laptop at home directly on the server (very handy sometimes). -- Andy Kosela ora et labora