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Date:      Mon, 25 Apr 2005 15:38:43 -0500
From:      Karl Denninger <karl@denninger.net>
To:        Pete French <petefrench@ticketswitch.com>, mkb@incubus.de, wmoran@potentialtech.com
Cc:        jim-c@charter.net
Subject:   Re: Newbie Question About System Update
Message-ID:  <20050425153843.C32754@denninger.net>
In-Reply-To: <E1DQ7U2-0005il-Ea@dilbert.firstcallgroup.co.uk>; from Pete French on Mon, Apr 25, 2005 at 06:34:58PM %2B0100
References:  <20050422092220.C54895@denninger.net> <E1DQ7U2-0005il-Ea@dilbert.firstcallgroup.co.uk>

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On Mon, Apr 25, 2005 at 06:34:58PM +0100, Pete French wrote:
> > Colocation that does not include serial console access is IMHO worthless.
> 
> i;ve been following this discussion with interest - what advantages does
> a serial concolse give you over a colo's standard KVM access ? I've
> never used a serial consolve with FreeBSD, though I see the phrase crop
> up a lot.
> 
> -pcf.

How do you get to the KVM access?  If you have to tell someone to do a
thing, its worthless.

If you can directly get to the KVM (remotely), e.g. via some application -
then its ok.

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