Re: boot disk with telnetd ?
On Tue, Oct 26, 1999 at 02:53:18PM -0400, Stefan Langerman wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I hope this is the right list to ask all this...
> A (very) remote machine of mine has recently stopped working.
> Actually, I think there might be a problem with the kernel
> or modules which I have just updated. I cannot access the machine
> physically, the best I can do is send a floppy and ask someone
> over there to boot the machine with it.
>
> So, I would like to make a boot disk that will allow me to
> telnet into my machine. So I imagine it would be possible to modify the
> root disk to contain a telnetd... Otherwise, I know that I have a working
> telnetd on my remote box, so would it be possible to just use
> the kernel and modules from the floppy, and the rest from the
> hard drive?
A different solution is to use another working machine at the site as a
terminal server. Have your assistant hook up a serial cable between the
two machines and use a potato i386 boot floppy to boot up dbootstrap on
the serial console.
Just a thought since I run 99% of my Debian boxes remotely using X10 control
and serial console.
--
Matt Porter
mmporter@home.com
This is Linux Country. On a quiet night, you can hear Windows reboot.
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