Message-ID: <001401c0f4ec$d4a02c60$5d0aa8c0@magness> From: "Eric Rossiter" <rossiter@discoverynet.com> Subject: Re: Which (RH or MDK) for bare http server? Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 11:11:11 -0500
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From: mike neuliep <mike@illiana.net>
> For headless units (which www.kclug.org runs on) I am using the stock
debian
> distribution which in my opinion is the most reliable distro out there.
> You need reliability if you are going to leave a box unattended.
>
> The box has no monitor, keyboard & mouse. In the event of something
stupid
> happening with the box, my ISP has ttyS0 connected to a PM2 that I can ssh
> into via a sun box. I've serialized my lilo so in the rare event of a
crash
> and the box comes up in single user mode (like a failed e2fsck), I can
connect
> to the serial port, fix it, and then log in. This works great too if the
box
> loses network connectivity for whatever reason. The serial lilo though is
the
> key to a quicker recovery, it is worth putting on just about any box you
want
> to deploy in the field.
>
> Mike Neuliep
>
I have a Linux box that just runs backups at night, I would like to make
this a headless box. Could someone point me in the direction to begin
research on this task.
I would be interested in implementing the serial LILO also. Where do I
begin garnering information about this?
TIA, Eric
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