Re: Booting a (network) machine that has no kbd and no monitor attached.
On Sat, Jan 05, 2002 at 02:13:09AM +0200, Shaul Karl wrote:
> I am setting up a machine that will be connected to the local network
> and will not have a monitor nor a keyboard attached to it.
> What changes, if any, should be made to the Debian software in order
> for such machine to be able to boot without complaining about the
> missing keyboard or monitor? In particular, what modifications are
> required for the initialization scripts and to the kernel? Are there
> any boot parameters that should be passed to the kernel about the lack
> of kbd/monitor?
Debian does no bother. Just don't install xdm or if you need X clients use gdm and comment out the 0 an 1 in the server section
And be sure it accepts ssh or something like it.
> I am aware to the fact that the BIOS setting should probably be changed
> too. Yet I hope it would be the easier part. Is that so?
> Note that this machine has enough RAM. It also has its own hard drive.
> At least initially that machine will not run X at all. Later on it
> might be used to run the X clients.
>
> Short replies with pointers to documentation will be appreciated too.
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