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Re: Small tip proposal for headless systems boot resiliency



On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 06:59:43PM -0500, Dave McGuire wrote:
> On 12/30/2013 06:46 PM, Mathieu Lubrano wrote:
> > The headless systems, or boxes that may be far away are a pain to get
> > back online if stuck during the boot sequence... (embedded/headless
> > do not have IP-KVM or remote control).
> > 
> > 
> > * The point is : with a headless system you want it back online,
> > really. Even if it needs maintenance, you need a ssh or whatever to
> > get your hands dirty. So don't stop the boot sequence. If it's
> > damaged beyond basic/rescue usability, it makes no difference
> > anyway.

I couldn't agree less.

Thor


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