On Tue, 2008-04-15 at 23:40 +0200, Ahmed Kamal wrote:
> Problem
> =====
> This leaves me with no "remote" way to fix serious errors such as FS
> checking
> Suggestion
> =======
> Is there such a thing as remote serial console. I'm thinking *if* the
> kernel gets to boot, then it immediately starts the network interface,
> and a tiny server for sending console messages to whoever is
> connected. I should be able to fix FS corruption and other serious
> problems. My question is, does such a thing exist ?
>
If most of your problems are simply moderately serious filesystem
corruption that you repair by running fsck and answering "y" to all the
questions (which is what most people seem to do) then you can probably
just add the file /etc/sysconfig/autofsck with contents like:

AUTOFSCK_OPT="-y"

The rc.sysinit script should pick this up and it includes a check so
that if you pass "-y" this way it will override the "-a" option that is
normally passed since -a and -y are mutually exclusive.

Of course it's up to you to decide if this is acceptable, but it's just
another possible option if that's your major issue but there are plenty
of others.

Later,
Tom


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