Talk:Enable Serial Console on Boot: Difference between revisions
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Is this information obsolete? The last susbtantive edit was in 20 October 2010 and the page says it applies to Alpine 1.10.x. I'm not sure what a "serial console" is---different from a normal tty? In practice when are they used? | Is this information obsolete? The last susbtantive edit was in 20 October 2010 and the page says it applies to Alpine 1.10.x. I'm not sure what a "serial console" is---different from a normal tty? In practice when are they used? | ||
-- [[User:Dubiousjim|Dubiousjim]] 10:01, 25 March 2012 (UTC) | -- [[User:Dubiousjim|Dubiousjim]] 10:01, 25 March 2012 (UTC) | ||
This still works fine with Alpine 2.3.6. It's used in practice if a KVM is not available for a given server/router running Alpine. In that case, connecting a set of Alpine boxes and other devices (such as switches or routers) to a serial console server can be a practical way to maintain console access. | |||
[[User:Jbilyk|Jbilyk]] 22:45, 13 April 2012 (EST) | |||
Revision as of 21:54, 13 April 2012
Is this information obsolete? The last susbtantive edit was in 20 October 2010 and the page says it applies to Alpine 1.10.x. I'm not sure what a "serial console" is---different from a normal tty? In practice when are they used? -- Dubiousjim 10:01, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
This still works fine with Alpine 2.3.6. It's used in practice if a KVM is not available for a given server/router running Alpine. In that case, connecting a set of Alpine boxes and other devices (such as switches or routers) to a serial console server can be a practical way to maintain console access. Jbilyk 22:45, 13 April 2012 (EST)