On Fri, Mar 02, 2001 at 01:59:48PM -0600, Mike Meyer wrote:
> How well does setting the serial console help in this case? I've not
> used it, as my remote admin experience is with hardware that lets you
> talk to the mobo rom via a serial line. If the appropriate serial
> flags will let you work in single user mode over a serial line, then
> you can do the installworld in single user mode. If they let you boot
> an alternate kernel over a serial line, then you're set, aren't you?
If you have a serial console then you should follow procedure described
in /usr/src/UPDATING since you can boot your system into single user
mode. There is really no difference between doing a remote upgrade via
serial console and doing a local upgrade.
-- Brooks
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