On Friday 04 January 2002 16:13, Shaul Karl wrote: > I am setting up a machine that will be connected to the local network > and will not have a monitor nor a keyboard attached to it. > What changes, if any, should be made to the Debian software in order > for such machine to be able to boot without complaining about the > missing keyboard or monitor? In particular, what modifications are > required for the initialization scripts and to the kernel? Are there > any boot parameters that should be passed to the kernel about the lack > of kbd/monitor? > I am aware to the fact that the BIOS setting should probably be changed > too. Yet I hope it would be the easier part. Is that so? > Note that this machine has enough RAM. It also has its own hard drive. > At least initially that machine will not run X at all. Later on it > might be used to run the X clients. > > Short replies with pointers to documentation will be appreciated too.
I just set my Bios for no keyboard and everything worked fine. Make sure you install a way to login before you get rid of the keyboard and monitor though. Earl F Hampton
