From time to time, I like to partake in meaningless and ludicrous actions. For example, today, I remembered I have a Windows 2000 VM on my Macbook. What does a normal person do with a Windows 2000 VM? Probably delete it. What do I do with a Windows 2000 VM? Plug in a USB to Serial adapter, pass it through to the VM, install its ancient driver package, then proceed to control my Sun Fire V250 via its ALOM Serial Management.
I did previously have the machine set to use the graphical console. To get back to the serial console, I simply ran the following:
{ 0 } ok ttya output
{ 0 } ok ttya input
From there, I was able to boot the machine using the serial management and work with the operating system. From Windows 2000’s hyperterminal. Through a VM. Over a USB to Serial adapter.
This is the epitome of the “because I can” mentality.
