Re: annual HOWTO rampage, mini edition

[Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost>]

Robert Elz <kre%munnari.OZ.AU@localhost> writes:

>     Date:        Tue, 02 Jan 2024 19:09:34 -0500
>     From:        Brad Spencer <brad%anduin.eldar.org@localhost>
>     Message-ID:  <xonwmsrmg5d.fsf%anduin.eldar.org@localhost>
>
>   | A server may just be a way of thinking
>
> Yes, my comment wasn't really trying to define just what a server
> is, or isn't - more that expecting Xen to only be used on systems
> with serial consoles is absurd - typical laptops these days have
> nothing serial (as in tty serial, as distinct from USB & SATA) at all,
> unless a USB dongle is added.

Agreed that it is reasonable to run Xen on systems with pc kbd/consoles
and with serial consoles both.

(FWIW, my own box has a pc kbd and monitor, because that's easier than
setting up serial to someplace else, but I only walk to it if I need to
rescue it.)