On Tue, 2 Sep 2003, Mihai CHELARU wrote:

> On Tuesday 02 September 2003 16:59, Frederick Bruckman wrote:
>
> > What you probably want is simply access to the serial console, for
> > which you need a null-modem cable (and a port on a machine to which
> > you have access). With that, you can see the boot messages, reboot, or
> > even break into "db". "kgdb" is rather more ambitious, and only useful
> > if you're going to debug the kernel.
>
> So I'll be able to do this without KGDB and using minicom on the other one ?

Yes, as long as the serial bootblocks are installed. There's a serial
console on the box already? If the serial bootblocks aren't installed,
remote troubleshooting could be a lot more challenging (in other words,
practically impossible).

Frederick