Yeah, good question. For now, just headless operation as a backup to SSH access. In the future (6 months), I'll probably want headless install just for peace-of-mind.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Moss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Michael Mueller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 10:42 PM Subject: Re: headless debian > Michael Mueller wrote: > > > Can anyone give me a thumbs up/down on running headless (serial console on > > ttyS0) with Debian? > > > > I am loading Debian 2.2r3 in the AM. > > > > This short article specs out the process to set things up > > (www.osdlab.com/tips/tip_003.shtml) - does this look right? > > > > Praise for Debian: > > I just finished making binary-i386-1.iso using the procedure in > > pseudo-image-kit-2.0 and I got the md5 checksum correct. Very cool > > procedure with excellent documentation. The download sites I found to work > > were busy. It took me two days of off-and-on downloading. It's awesome > > that you can start and stop and use different sites and have the process > > stay coherent. > > > > Thanks, > > Mike > > > > > > > > > Do you need to do a headless install or just run it headless after it's > installed? > > > >