[rescue] Why .* sucks (was Re: FDDI card)

[Harri Haataja]

On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 10:19:22AM -0500, George Adkins wrote:
> > > A lot of modern boards seem to have serial console redirect options, and
> > > some boards I've seen (Netapp in particular) have some form of openboot
> >
> >   Yes, they've been around for at least eight years.  And they NEVER
> > work right.
>
> There is no PROM monitor here.  The machine cannot be manipulated effectively 
> from this port because it depends on the OS to do the most rudimentary task.  
> If that kernel does not load correctly, you cannot do the most rudimentary 
> tasks, such as select an alternate kernel to load or change disk boot 
> priority,

Never used GRUB, then? (you'll still need the disk setups, though)

>or power-off the machine, or power cycle the machine (CTRL-ALT-DEL 
> 'soft' reboot is often not enough...).

Wire some io port pins to ATX power switch and then WOL.. :^)

> so, Dave is Absolutely right when he says that they Never work(ed) right.

Indeed. It has to run DOS3

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scsibus0: reset: 0x45d2:8f SCSI_PHASE_IN: ENOGOAT