Re: [tlug] programmers?

[mauro@example.com]

On Fri, May 02, 2003 at 06:41:12PM +0900, A. Sajjad Zaidi wrote:
> On Fri, May 02, 2003 at 06:03:00PM +0900, mauro@example.com wrote:
> > 
> > 1) CONFIG_SERIAL_CONSOLE=y
> 
> That works, but sometimes its just simpler to attach a keyboard, or you
> may have a KVM... I mean KV switch. Its also useless against hardware
> failures.
> 
> > 2) would you screw up a server's kernel? how many times a year ?
> 
> Not very likely, but the risk is always there. I've seen it happen on
> some RAID configurations or in case of drives which lose their boot
> sectors (no, I never buy Fujitsus, but others do).
> 

mmmm , it's a blade machine, therefore,  minicom to the serial and STOP+A  will solve any problem :)

It would be a mess if a data-center have 400 keyboards, mice and monitors ;)

//mauro//