no kidding about the expensive part. a stand alone unit (designed for a pci-e or pci-x slot) can be generally more expensive than purchasing a server grade motherboard with an associated daughter board management device. Tyan microcomputer makes a reasonably priced MB with a separate daughter board (sold separately). my only issue is going to be getting the funds to do this.
-eric On Dec 7, 2011, at 6:57 PM, Bryan wrote: > I have one, and no, it doesn't work. Not until after the system is > installed. > > The only option I think might hold promise (but it's gonna cost) is > one of those remote management cards. Sun had a LOM card that you > could SSH to, and then access a console from it... > > I think you can get one of those PC Weasel cards, but there really expensive. > > On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 19:16, Russell Garrison > <russell.garri...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 2:47 PM, Eric Oyen <eric.o...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> hello group. >>> >>> I have an interesting (and fairly technical) question. >>> >>> the question is: how can I forward the install screen via ssh to another >>> machine on my network? I ask this because I didn't see any specific >>> instructions that applied. my issue right now is that I need a sighted >>> assistant to read me the screen and help with B installing the base system >> (and >>> setting up ssh). >>> >>> I would like to run the install like from a serial port output (like the >> old >>> spark pizza boxes) but none of my current machines have a serial port to > do >>> this on. >>> >>> comments? suggestions? >>> >>> -eric >>> >> >> Any possibility of using USB serial adapters on these systems? You may >> need to blind-type to the boot loader in order to get it up on the >> serial redirection with an attached keyboard, but as I recall that >> isn't a big issue for Eric. ;) Then you would just need a crossover to >> the other DTE port on a host running cu and ssh to handle the install. >> We would do a similar thing with our v210's except they had built-in >> serial.
