Article Source Linux Journal
July 7, 2009, 10:42 am
July 7, 2009, 10:42 am
Do you have a linux server without a keyboard or monitor? Need to administer the server on-site but don’t want to lug over a monitor and keyboard (or kvm)? Then setup the server to output the console to a serial port and use screen/minicom (Hyperterminal or putty in Windows) to console into the server over a serial cable.
To set this up, you need to edit /etc/inittab to tell it to start a terminal on the serial port for the console. If you want to see the kernel load and see all the services start then you also need to configure grub to use the serial port as well…
