http://www.howtoforge.com/setting_up_a_serial_console
Edit: /boot/grub/menu.lst
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# password topsecret
serial --unit=0 --speed=9600 --word=8 --parity=no --stop=1
terminal --timeout=10 serial console
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title Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-7-server
uuid b25570ad-6302-4637-a897-d7a4cebf4a7f
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-server root=UUID=b25570ad-6302-4637-a897-d7a4cebf4a7f ro quiet splash console=tty0 console=ttyS0,34800n8
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-server
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Edit: /etc/event.d/ttyS0
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# ttyS0 - getty
#
# This service maintains a getty on tty1 from the point the system is
# started until it is shut down again.
start on stopped rc2
start on stopped rc3
start on stopped rc4
start on stopped rc5
stop on runlevel 0
stop on runlevel 1
stop on runlevel 6
respawn
exec /sbin/getty -L ttyS0 38400 vt100
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Damit hätten wir dann eine Serielle Console auf der WAVE:-)
WAVE-274#virtual-blade 1 session
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
Boot from (hd0,0) ext3 b25570ad-6302-4637-a897-d7a4cebf4a7f
Starting up ...
Loading, please wait...
Couldnt get a file descriptor referring to the console
19+0 records in
19+0 records out
kinit: name_to_dev_t(/dev/sda5) = dev(8,5)
kinit: trying to resume from /dev/sda5
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Ubuntu 8.10 ubuntu ttyS0
ubuntu login: admin
Password:
Last login: Mon Dec 8 13:34:36 CET 2008 on ttyS0
Linux ubuntu 2.6.27-7-server #1 SMP Fri Oct 24 07:37:55 UTC 2008 i686
The programs included with the Ubuntu system are free software;
the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.
Ubuntu comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by
applicable law.
To access official Ubuntu documentation, please visit:
http://help.ubuntu.com/
System information as of Mon Dec 8 13:40:01 CET 2008
System load: 0.02 Memory usage: 5% Processes: 46
Usage of /: 5.8% of 9.38GB Swap usage: 0% Users logged in: 0
Graph this data and manage this system at https://landscape.canonical.com/
admin@ubuntu:~$
So dann nur noch ein Backup und dann go baby go.
admin@ubuntu:~$ sudo su -
root@ubuntu:~# halt
Broadcast message from admin@ubuntu
(/dev/ttyS0) at 13:43 ...
The system is going * Saving the system clock
* Stopping firewall: ufw... [ OK ]
* Asking all remaining processes to terminate... [ OK ]
* All processes ended within 2 seconds.... [ OK ]
* Deconfiguring network interfaces... [ OK ]
* Deactivating swap... [ OK ]
* Unmounting local filesystems... [ OK ]
* Will now halt
halt: Unable to iterate IDE devices: No such file or directory
[ 522.482593] Power down.
Connection closed by foreign host.
WAVE-274#copy virtual-blade 1 disk 1 ftp 192.168.200.5 / WAVE-274-LX.vb
Enter username for remote ftp server: ftp
Enter password for remote ftp server:
2460112690 bytes total
WAVE-274#
