On Sun, Jan 20, 2008 at 10:54:59AM +0100, Thomas Damgaard wrote: > On Jan 19, 2008 5:14 AM, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 10:51:13PM +0100, Thomas Damgaard wrote: > > > > > I do not have any monitor or a keyboard, so I cannot see exactly what > > > is happening, but I have taken the primary hard drive out and put it > > > in an USB enclosure, so that I can mount the root filesystem of the > > > server on my laptop. > > > > Why not just hook up a serial cable between the two and use the laptop > > as a serial console for the server. Log the output and see what's up. > > > > I do not own a serial cable and I don't think that my Thinkpad T42 has > a serial port. >
Not having a backup-plan for getting console access (e.g. either a monitor/keyboard or a serial cable and a USB/serial dongle) ranks up there with not having a data backup. At least you can build a serial cable and USB dongles aren't very expensive. Does the laptop have a modem? Does the server? Dial in. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
