[sclug] Small hosting requirement

[Matt]

* Dickon Hood <sclug at splurge.fluff.org> [2005-08-17 12:54:53]:
> On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 10:27:29 +0100, Matt wrote:
> : * Simon Huggins <huggie at earth.li> [2005-08-17 10:11:40]:
> 
> : > Once you have a serial console and power cycler you're pretty much setup
> : > with a colo box.  If you can get serial BIOS so much the better or if
> : > you're rich you can buy a Sun and get proper Lights-off-management.
> : > Some prebuilt PC servers have LOM cards which all work to various
> : > levels.
> 
> : PC Weasel?
> 
> : http://www.realweasel.com/
> 
> Generally considered quite expensive.  Buy a proper server instead.

Yes, I suspect it's not really as necessary these days now that most
x86 server-type motherboards have finally caught up with
${RISC_SERVER_VENDOR}, I've heard some can even boot over the network
these days?

Matt
-- 
"Accept anything. Then explain it your way."
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