2009/2/12 Erez D <erez0...@gmail.com> > hi > > A friend of mine has a damaged laptop - no display (not even via the VGA > connector). i want to use it as a server. > to do that i need access it first. but i have no display ... > > I am looking for a live distro (CD) that will automatically (without > needing keyboard / mouse / display ) connect to the network (via ethernet & > dhcp) and run sshd. >
Is there really a 'no keyboard' requirement? Because I installed numerous headless Gentoo servers simply by booting from CD (gentoo-minimal - which does not load a GUI by default), waiting a couple of minutes for boot to end, and typing : passwd <cr> somepass <cr> somepass <cr> /etc/init.d/sshd start <cr> - and then continued from a networked computer after taking the IP from the DHCP leases list... -- Shimi
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