FAI install over serial console, manual interventions?

[Steffen Grunewald]

Hi,

we've run into the problem that there's only a Serial-over-LAN console
available (BMC card, with IP address pre-set or assigned via DHCP), and
there might be no sshd running yet, or the network is misconfigured in
such a way that ssh connections aren't possible.
Is there a reliable way to interrupt FAI's operation and open a shell?
Last time I tried ^C, I directly went into rebooting :(

Cheers,
 Steffen

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