oh yeah. forgot about those. I had one on an old firewall box. unfortunately, it was the old ISA bus and all my current machines are pci-e.
thanks for the reminder. -eric On Dec 10, 2011, at 10:15 PM, Corey wrote: > On 12/07/2011 01:47 PM, Eric Oyen 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 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 >> > If you don't require the serial console, maybe you can use an IP KVM appliance? > > They still cost some money, but the cheapest one I've found is on sale for $200 US right now: > > http://www.lantronix.com/it-management/kvm-over-ip/securelinx-spiderduo.html > > It's basically an embedded OS (Linux, probably) running on an ARM or something with a frame grabber for the video and USB and legacy keyboard and mouse ports. Gives you BIOS-level access to the box over what looks like a custom VNC implementation, and it can be tunneled over SSH. Most can also access a serial port, but that may be moot in this case if you have the video output. > > They're not perfect, but probably enough to get an install done. > > Corey
