Changes between Version 5 and Version 6 of skinny_elephants_recovery

Timestamp:

Apr 19, 2008, 8:17:44 PM (16 years ago)

Author:

Daniel Kahn Gillmor

Comment:

added notes about domU updates

skinny_elephants_recovery

@@ -5 +5 @@
 If the server in question is a stand alone server or a dom0 then it should be accessible via the [wiki:telehouse_serial_access serial console]. The console should provide information about the crash. You can reboot the server by using the [http://www.brunolinux.com/01-First_Things_To_Know/Skinny_Elephants.html raising skinny elephants] trick.
 
-Since the console is provided via [deb:cereal], you need to use special break characters. The exact sequence is:
+For machines with a console provided via [deb:cereal], you need to use special break characters. The exact sequence is:
 
 {{{
@@ -14 +14 @@
 ctrl-\ b u
 ctrl-\ b b
+}}}
+
+For Xen domU's, you need to use `ctrl-o` (that's an "oh", not a "zero") to simulate the break character, so that makes it:
+
+{{{
+ctrl-o r
+ctrl-o s
+ctrl-o e
+ctrl-o i
+ctrl-o u
+ctrl-o b
 }}}