which prebuilt linux boxes seem to work best?

[Brent Harding]

Oh, why then, do they claim to use A/b switches to decide which machine
they're controlling? I'm not fond of that idea either, but if I have to
deal with it, because their firewall secures access to that level, which
I'm not sure it would, it'd be inefficient to do things that way. If
there's no capability of connecting screens or keyboards, what would be
used to set it up initially, or reinstall if something goes wrong? Do these
machines usually have a program that you run across the network that works
no matter what?
I suppose if I can do most stuff remotely, I could just set up one speakup
enabled linux box to control all others with.
At 07:53 AM 10/23/00 -0500, you wrote:
>I think Geoff has pointed out the way you will access any machines you
>need to. It is quite rare for console access to a server that is cranking
>away. In fact my business relies on two AIX (Unix varient) machines. There
>are only two operations done at console. 
>
>The first is tape backup. But really it is more a matter of checking that
>files really did backup and putting in the next day's tapes. The other is
>that if building power goes out, someone goes to the server room to ensure
>all shuts down orderly. Otherwise things are done remotely. In fact, there
>are some who consider doing anything locally on a server that could be
>done safely remotely to be a security transgression. Also, there are many
>servers out there with no keyboard or monitor connected. (And a few with
>no video to connect a monitor.) The only operation done at the console is
>hitting the power switch.
>
>If one is trying to prepare for a job they hope for, I would recomend
>learning all one can about administering a box. I would spend almost no
>time wondering about console access. It is just not really needed in the
>business world. Console access is something to worry about when you are
>competing for the boss' job. Not on the first level admin job.
>
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>Kirk Wood
>Cpt.Kirk at 1tree.net
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