Re: [Nolug] redirecting console?

On Tue, 2004-09-07 at 20:23 -0500, Christopher M. Jones wrote:
> In answer to the first question: its a 486 configured with firewall and

So, it's a real PC, not a little Linksys or D-Link router.

> masquerading. In answer to the second: yea, that's what I thought. I
> didn't know if there was some way to have some basic networking loaded
> early on, or some other kind of magic just so the console signal got
> sent over the ether instead of to the video controler. Then a running
> machine could capture it. I think I knew it was far fetched, but I had
> to ask ;-)

You could use a KVM switch.

Or, depending on which distro and version you are using, there
is a /var/log/boot file created, which on my Debian Sid box
shows what looks like to be the whole boot sequence.

[snip]
> > prentice@instruction.com
> > http://www.originsresource.org
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Christopher M. Jones <cjones@partialflow.com>
> > To: nolug@joeykelly.net <nolug@joeykelly.net>
> > Date: Monday, September 06, 2004 12:19 PM
> > Subject: [Nolug] redirecting console?
> >
> >
> > >I recently set up a router at home. I don't have a monitor connected
> > to
> > >it, and I wondered if there is any way to have the router's console
> > >redirected to one of my Linux workstations so I can monitor bootup
> > and,
> > >once the system is up, monitor console messages. Possible? How?

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