Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 17:20:48 +0100
From: Willy Tarreau <willy@w.ods.org>
To: James Courtier-Dutton <James@superbug.demon.co.uk>
Cc: Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Alternatives to serial console for oops.
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Hi,

On Sun, Nov 27, 2005 at 03:52:27PM +0000, James Courtier-Dutton wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I wish to view the oops that are normally output on the serial port of 
> the PC. The problem I have, is that my PC does not have a serial port.
> Are there any alternatives for getting that vital oops from the kernel 
> just as it crashes apart from the serial console.
> Could I get it to use some other interface? e.g. Network interface.
> Parallel port is also not an option.

The netconsole patch should let you send it over a network interface,
but I've not used it much so I won't be able to help. kmsgdump will
let you write it on a floppy disk, but I bet that you don't have any
if you don't have any serial nor parallel ports.

VMWare may help if you are mainly trying to debug a kernel and not
using it for production.

Regards,
Willy

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