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From: Philip Webb <purslow@×××××××××.ca>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [ot] building a machine for Gentoo
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:55:22
Message-Id: 20070710084942.GA5018@sympatico.ca
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] [ot] building a machine for Gentoo by Dan Farrell
1 070709 Dan Farrell wrote:
2 > 070710 Iain Buchanan <iaindb@××××××××××××.au> wrote:
3 >> KVM's are OS independent; they can get you into the BIOS or console;
4 >> you can see boot messages; network doesn't need to be working
5 >> even though it's called a network, sometimes it doesn't ;)
6 > that's another huge pain.
7 > but all-in-all, I find switching between computers vastly less efficient
8 > (once they're up) than multiple X windows or virtual terminals.
9 > the big difference between our perspectives is
10 > that my other computers arent backups, they do other things
11 > & therefore are in that functioning state much of the time.
12 > If they were backups I probably wouldn't be nearly as comfortable
13 > getting at them with the primary desktop
14 > as when they're servers making that desktop function.
15
16 My set-up is very simple: a front-line machine I use all the time
17 & an older machine which is intended as an alternative in an emergency,
18 if the regular machine runs into a problem (hardware or software).
19 For this to work, I need to have a fairly upto-date version of files
20 in the back-up machine (without going off-site to get a back-up CD/DVD).
21 Therefore, I need to wake up the 2nd machine every few months or more often
22 & changing the connections in the backs of the boxes is a pain,
23 so being able to flip a switch to use the controls with the other box
24 is very attractive. A network requires other connections (which cost CAD),
25 besides learning how to set it up & secure it from possible malware
26 when either machine is connected to the Internet.
27 The KVM switch mentioned costs CAD 32 = USD 30 .
28
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Re: [gentoo-user] [ot] building a machine for Gentoo Dan Farrell <dan@×××××××××.cx>