http://www.howtoforge.com/setting_up_a_serial_console
Edit: /boot/grub/menu.lst
--- snip --- # password topsecret serial --unit=0 --speed=9600 --word=8 --parity=no --stop=1 terminal --timeout=10 serial console --- snip ---
--- snip ---
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
--- snip ---
Edit: /etc/event.d/ttyS0
--- snip --- # 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 --- snip ----
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 --- output omited --- 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#