On 12/10/2011 11:26 PM, Eric Oyen wrote:
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
Bus doesn't matter. These are external devices that plug into the VGA
and USB or legacy keyboard and mouse ports on the back of the machine
to be remotely controlled.
However, someone else on the list later informed me that you were
wanting to use a screen reader for this. The devices I mentioned use VNC
or a VNC-like interface as a client, which is essentially a bitmapped
display (X or fullscreen). Not knowing exactly how screen readers work,
I don't know if they would work with a screen reader on the client end.
--C
