On Thu, Dec 14, 2000 at 11:51:30PM -0600, Matt Fair wrote: :> On Thu, Dec 14, 2000 at 05:31:57PM -0600, Matt Fair wrote: :> :I am managing my server remotely using ssh. If my network connection :> :goes down for some reason, I have no control over it, is there a way :> :where I could check to see if there is a network connection and then :> :restart the connection? :> :> best option is to recompile the kernel on the server to put the :> console out to serial port (is this default in debian kernels? if not :> what problems does it create, I always roll mine that way), then you :> can hang a modem off the serial port and even if the networking on the :> server breaks you can get in to try and fix it. : :Would this be a dial-in connection to the computer to manage it? What I need is :to manage the computer remoteley all the way back to the lilo prompt. Are there :any how-to's to do this?
I recall seeing something about this in a LILO related HOTWO, or info doc, or something (there's a ton of them so good lick finding the right one) I'm pretty sure you can get to the LILO prompt w/o special hardware, but not before (so no BIOS acsess) :What other equipment would I need for this? for BIOS control yes, for lilo prompt I really don't think so but can't put my finger on the exact reference, involves kernel options and lilo.conf stuff... then again you could dig up a sparc machine and run Debian on that :) :Would there be any way to encrypt the session? why? unless someone is tapping you're phone line there's no need, this would be a point to point phone connection not traversing the internet at all. -Jon
