On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 14:08:12 +0200, Camille Constans wikipedia@shaihome.net wrote:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Q3_and_Q4_2004_hardware_order_worksheet#Quick...
Remote serial consoles allow access to the systems during boot, but might not be supported by the BIOS. I think this is worth looking into, since the APC power switches aren't much use in diagnosing a machine that hangs during boot.
More information can be found here:
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Remote-Serial-Console-HOWTO/
and here:
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Remote-Serial-Console-HOWTO/bios.html
(and on the talk page for the link Shaihulud provided)
-Bill Clark