Ok, I know this can be done, I just do not know how. Basicly It looks like Ill be getting my laptop back. So I have a colocated server and since I only have 1/3 rack, no real space for monitor and keyboard. I go there once or twice a week, and honesly I do not like to cart the monitor and keyboard they let me use there. One of the fellows over at verio suggest I use a laptop and connect to it. So I have no idea how to do this honestly. I tired searching around, but I do not know really what to look for. Im GUESSING it goes through serial port because thats what is used to direct connect to a router. Im connecting from windows to freebsd, any help would be appreciated. Also this now does not make me look like a fool caring around a laptop case with not laptop in it(I use it as a breif case)

You can do this through the console (using a console emulation program). I'm not aware of too many laptops that have allow for VGA in.

The alternative would be to get a rackmount lcd/monitor. You can probably pick one up on ebay for a few hundred dollars and they only take up one U of racksapce.

HTH!

Raj Dutt

I found something on how to do it. I set it up, but will not know if it worked tell I go tommarow.

Check to see if some form of getty is installed on your server and running on its serial port.

You can then get the equivalent of a SSH/Telnet session directly from the server.

Curiosity though, why not just SSH into the machine?

OK, well it worked fine. I found this which did it for me.
http://freebsd.lowlife.org/84.html

This is just for freebsd, might vary with os.