Am 28.09.2007 um 15:30 schrieb Steffen Grunewald:
On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 05:34:42AM -0500, Geoff Jacobs wrote:
Steffen Grunewald wrote:
This is where the Crash Cart comes into play. You know, the one
with the
tools, crimper, maybe some spare fans, etc. Usually a monitor and
keyboard as well.
If there's nothing to connect to you'd be lost with even that.
You're right -- no onboard framebuffer.
Perhaps it could be done blind after testing the procedure on one
machine. Otherwise, the case will have to be cracked and a video card
installed on each node in turn to do the configuration. Ugh!
USB VGA? (I doubt there's such a thing...)
There exist some - but maybe not operational at boot time, and AFAICS
they are not offering Linux drivers:
http://us.kensington.com/html/11613.html
http://www.trittontechnologies.com/products/TRIUV100.htm
Maybe there are more. And I like the idea: as USB keyboards are
already supported in some BIOSes, connecting such a device would be
handy and save the the costs of the graphic cards in all the systems.
-- Reuti
S
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