Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 27 Jul 2002 22:44:29 +0300 | From | Ville Herva <> | Subject | Re: Speaker twiddling [was: Re: Panicking in morse code] |
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On Sat, Jul 27, 2002 at 02:56:41PM -0400, you [Albert D. Cahalan] wrote: > Reality? > > There's no "set up a microphone and decoder" problem. > Most people have a tape recorder. Use that, then play > back into the PC's sound card after you reboot. Post the > sound file on a web site.
Reality?
I don't have a tape recorder, and even if I had that procedure is so tedious that I'd rather write the oops down with a pen. And I don't use pen willingly as it is error prone. (I don't even dare to think what Windows people would say if I actually found a magnetophone and a mic and tried to sneak into the curiously twittering server room without anyone noticing.)
Let's get real. There's much better solutions already available: - serial console that has been in kernel for ages (sneaking into server room with an old laptop and serial cable at least _looks_ professional) - kmsgdump from Willy Tarreau that writes the oops to a floppy (even makes a msdos fs), can use printer and enables pgup/pgdown even after lockup so that you can see the whole kernel ring buffer (who would ever notice if you sneak out from the server room with a floppy or a sheet of paper) http://wtarreau.free.fr/kmsgdump/ - netconsole from Ingo Molnar that logs the oops over udp (you don't even have to sneak into the server room) http://people.redhat.com/mingo/netconsole-patches/
Now, I would assume that most people have a floppy, printer or a network connection. At least more people than have a tape recorder.
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