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Re: Server - no video card



On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 11:03:17AM -0600, Gary Hennigan wrote:
> "Mike M" <linux-support@earthlink.net> writes:
> > I want to save money as I expand my collection of Debian servers by
> > running without a video card.  On the rare occasion that I need
> > console access to a machine I would pull it off the shelf and insert
> > an AGP video card.
>
> Either that or I
> shell out $30 for a cheapo VGA card. If I tried setting up a server
> without a video card I know I'd be cursing myself every time something
> went wrong and I had to open up the case and install a video card just
> to diagnose the problem.

It's possible to pick up crappy old PCI video cards for next to
nothing at computer fairs (one UK pound each, typically). (And not
always that crappy - Compaq-branded Matrox Millenium IIs seem to be
pretty common.)

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