How to delete a non existant file?

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 01:10:17PM -0400, Robert Brockway wrote:
> Lennart, I said it was an option.  I didn't suggest it was the only 
> option.  The use of a Knoppix cdrom means _I_ see the errors rather than 
> expecting someone to read them over the phone.  Most people don't 
> understand what they are reading and so can't convey the info easily 
> (having them just read words or characters off the screen is not 
> sufficient, trust me).  In some data centres the staff are specifically 
> not supposed to help in this way.
> 
> In addition if things go really bad I can do everything I need to do over 
> ssh.  Talking someone through complicated shell commands is about 100 
> times harder than the approach I'm suggesting.

I think if I ever had to deal with colocated servers, I would insist on
getting an ssh enabled serial console server.  At least then you get
remote access to the console when you need it.

Oh and remote power control too.

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