userX wrote: > Power Macintosh: Setting up for Use Without a Monitor > > [...] > > This is the official Apple "blessed" method. > Go to http://til.info.apple.com > > request document # 21236 > > Power Macintosh: Setting up for Use Without a Monitor > > > A DebianOnly machine should be able to discard this appendix > and boot without need of a mac-specific hardware kludge. > > I hadn't said anything before because everyone is doing so well > with the "cleanroom implementation" approach. But for those who > have MacOS installed, and those about to be discouraged, > it is the only "Apple" way to go "headless." > (think headless Appleshare IP servers)
The article you refered to says: 3. Most Power Macintosh computers not listed in the table above can be used without a monitor connected to them, and without a monitor adapter connected to the monitor port. and the table lists only G3 and G4. So I guess older macs may work without the hardware kludge. My PM9600 with BootX boots up fine without the adaptor for instance.