On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 12:16 PM, shimi <linux...@shimi.net> wrote:
> 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 > if it works, that is great. but if it doesn't, i can't know what the problem is. so to minimize the options i preffer it does it automatically ...
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