[ale] Running a hands off remote Linux installation

[Jim Kinney]

http://www.quancom.com/quancom/quancom01.nsf/home_prod_eng.htm?OpenFrameSet&Frame=unten&Src=http://www.quancom.com/qprod01/eng/pb/pwdog1.htm

sorry for the long URL. The card is ~ $100 and can reset system if
apache is not running.


On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 8:04 AM, Jim Lynch <ale_nospam at fayettedigital.com> wrote:
> On 08/02/2012 06:58 AM, Jim Kinney wrote:
>>
>> And there's the problem. Really! You should have AT LEAST 3 additional
>> spare systems lying around. OK. so 2 of them are dumpster hauls and
>> one is so old even the SWMBO thinks should be in a dumpster but you
>> just can't give it up because of a particular thing that box  had.
>> Like chipset XYZ that you got going by hand with a custom kernel. And
>> between the 3 clunkers there's no compatible parts.
>>
>> Seriously, Jim. With a name like that, I'd expect better geek out of you.
>>
>> :-)
> Of course!
>
> If I put more than one system in, I'll be sleeping in the street. This
> is going into our "beach" condo and my purpose is to use it as an
> offsite backup solution.  7x24 availability isn't as important as having
> it not go down and stay that way.  A  10+ hour round trip to reboot
> isn't in the cards. :(  Absolutely fool proof isn't a requirement, I
> just want to be sure I've got the best solution without mortgaging the
> farm.
>
> So a "spare" system probably isn't going to be anything more complicated
> than a Rpi or Arduino with and Ethernet shield.
>
> So I'm just going to have to hook the system up and kick it over while
> connected to a UPS and see what happens, so to speak.
>
> Thanks for all the tips,  I've learned a bit from this exercise.
>
> Jim.
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