[syslinux] com32 ssh/telnet support?

[Ryan McLean]

Alexander Clouter wrote:
> Hi,
>
> * Ryan McLean <pvtryan100 at googlemail.com> [2009-08-11 13:08:21+0100]:
>   
>> Perhaps I am being stupid and if so please enlighten me.
>> Assuming that all clients have reserved IP addresses on the dhcp server,
>> surely it would be possible to have a com32 module that presented the  
>> boot options to both stdout and also allowed connections via ssh.
>> After all for the system to get the files via tftp it has to have network 
>> connectivity so one piece of the puzzle is there already.
>>
>>     
> Buy a 1U serial console server?  We use Opengear's kit which is nice and 
> cheap, it also means that for the OS it's-self you get console action 
> via SSH.
>
> For PXELINUX you can then just use the SERIAL feature.  The Debian 
> netboot installation image is intelligent enough for you just to pass 
> 'console=ttyS0,115200' and then you are off.
>
> Cheers
>
>   
I'd never get sign off to spend unless it was £20 and even then it would 
be unlikely as I would need several of them.
Though I will keep that in mind on the off chance I can squeeze one in.
How many serial connections does it support?
For my main cluster rack I would need 30 connections minimum.


Regards,


Ryan