Re: boot from cd and start ssh remotely?
On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 07:33:41AM -0800, BartlebyScrivener wrote:
> I think I lost a graphics card during the night. It's my main machine
> and I don't have ssh running on it. Is there a way to boot from one of
> the cd distros headlessly and then ssh in from the outside?
>
> Either that or I guess I'll try to find another PCI card to test in it
> before I go purchase one.
I don't suppose you left a getty running on a serial port and can use a
serial console?
I don't suppose you have any boot floppy (or equiv) already set up to
use a serial console?
I don't know of any LiveCD that has sshd set up and listening by default
(where you could just boot and go). However, setting up a serial
console is a simple kernel command line. Presumably you have access to
a computer with a display or sending this email would have been
difficult. Use your working box as a serial console for your behedded
one. Look up the remote-serial-console-HOWTO (either in the doc-linux
package or online at tldp.org.
Now that I think about it, it may be the case that the debian installer,
if not video card is found, will automatically look for a serial console
on the first serial port, 9600n81. That may be worth a try.
Doug.
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