Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2008 11:17:07 +0200 From: "Andy Kosela" <andy.kosela@gmail.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: console access Message-ID: <3cc535c80806080217m413995dej4037fd2aac22ef4b@mail.gmail.com>
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--On June 7, 2008 2:16:26 PM -0700 Jo Rhett <jrhett at netconsonance.com> 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
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