[juneau-lug] Re: really headless?

  • From: bdk <bdk@xxxxxxx>
  • To: juneau-lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2002 19:41:48 -0900

What would that do w/ the serial port, I know it would be good, but "how" why?

-sean

At 20:15 11/03/02 -0800, you wrote:
>Hi bdk!
>
>Linux works great w/o a video card.  I recommend if you have a serial
>port putting
>T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 9600 vt100
>(if your serial port was on COM1)
>also put in your lilo.conf
>serial=0,9600N8 (e.g. com1)
>
>You will get a bios beep error because your bios will not detect a
>video card, what I have done is hexedit a bios using awdhack (and
>hiew) and do a search for speaker beeps and flip them around and
>reburn your bios.
>
>-Myron
>
>On Sun, 03 Nov 2002, bdk wrote:
>
> >
> > Can linux run w/o a video card? Or does headless just mean w/o a monitor?
> >
> > I can always try to remove the card from the box and then boot, but I'm in
> > the process of installing debian and had to ask.
> >
> > -sean
> >
> >
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