The newer linux kernels do "serial console" if no video card is detected. This is a kernel configuration option -- get a new 2.1 kernel and compile it.
-Truxton Stuart Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > I need to set up a debian/linux PC for use without a > keyboard or monitor. The "frozen" distribution is already > installed and it has an ethernet connection. Ages ago > I saw info on running a "serial console" and I was hoping to > do that. I have a second machine which has a spare serial > port. I have searched the FAQs and HOWTO's in /usr/doc but > I can't find any references for doing this. Can someone > point the way to the docs for headless machines. > > thanks very much, > Stuart > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
