To provide a remote display system that displays message display data, which reports the occurrence of an OS halt error, on a remote console without addition of exclusive hardware and alteration of an OS even when the error occurs, and also provide a remote display method and a program therefor.
A main device 10 is provided with a control driver 12 which detects that the OS 11 begins error processing by which the OS halts and a BIOS 13 that includes a remote output part 17 which executes reset processing upon receipt of a request for resetting from the OS 11 after it receives the report of the occurrence of the OS halt error from the control driver 12, furthermore takes out display data from a buffer storing the display data outputted by the OS 11, and transmits the data concerned to a remote device 20. The remote device 20, which is connected to the main unit 10 through a network 30, is provided with a console 29 having a display function and a screen display part 22 which receives the display data sent from the remote output part 17 and displays the data on the console 29.
Yasuhisa Tanizawa
Kawai Nobuaki