hi sandeep

this i guess is what you are looking for  
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Remote-Serial-Console-HOWTO/configure-boot-loader-grub.html
hope this helps

gaurav

ps :server farm yeah i sit in surroundings that look
like a farm ...a pig farm to be precise :)

--- Sandip Bhattacharya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> Can anyone point me to a resource from where I can
> pick up
> concepts/details regarding getting a serial-console
> to work which
> allows logging in AND allows me to even select the
> boot image using
> lilo or grub AND lets me even do the needful when
> the fsck during boot
> drops me to a root shell to manually run fsck.
> 
> The later two steps are the one which are more
> important and in all
> they are all needed for complete remote management
> of Linux boxen. So
> Server farm admins should have an idea???
> 
> While I have got the serial console to work, I have
> reached the step
> where I can run mingetty on the console port for
> allowing logins. But
> they all work only after the computer has
> successfully booted. For
> people who keep changing kernels remotely and
> experiment on kernel
> patches that is not good enough as it doesn't take
> care of boot time
> kernel options or boot time fsck problems.
> 
> TIA,
>  Sandip
> 
> 
> 
> 
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