How do I connect to my assigned machine?

1. ssh to osconsole.rutgers.edu.  Login with your cereal username and password
Upon login you should see the following menu:



2.  Select "1".  You should now see the following menu:



3.  Choose "1" to connect to your machine over a serial connection using the minicom terminal emulator. (See "How do I use the serial console terminal emulator?").   Choose "2" to connect to your machine using SSH.  Choose "3" to clear the serial connection.  (Note: This will terminate any active serial console sessions.  Confer with your group members before attempting this).

A.  If you choose "2" to connect over SSH, you should see the following:



Choose the user to login as:
root gives you a login as superuser
vosluser gives a generic user login -- no root privileges

Example logins:

Serial connection:                                             SSH connection:

voslab<n> login: root                                         root@voslab<n>'s password": master
Password: master                                                 vosluser@voslab<n>'s password: voslab

B.  If you choose "3" to clear the console line you should see the following:



Type "1" to confirm that you want to clear the console.  Then you will be returned to the menu to choose your connection type.

4.  When you close your connection you will be presented with the "LCSR Virtual OS Lab" connection menu again.  Type "u" to go back up to the main menu.  Type "q" to quit and close your session.