i have just inherited a HP/Compaq Proliant ML530 (Generation 1) server.
Ive got it configured, and got RHEL 5.x running nicely on it. But i want it to be headless. SSH is ok, but in the event that the network goes down or something I would like to have a plan B. And I have an old dumb terminal sitting doing nothing. So how to configure a serial console on the server?
Why not attach a monitor, mouse and keyboard and work on it directly?
Because its in a rack in a cupboard in the hall. And i dont have a VGA monitor or PS2 keyboard/mouse....
Not sure how to do myself either, try taking a look at this link
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/serialconsole-setup.html
Nevermind, got it set up. To anyone looking to do it, Scientific Linux (Redhat clone) has a nice helper package which handles setting it up. The package is really just a wrapper round a wee perl script, which i modified to make it work under my distro.
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