Subject: Re: how to make a machine into a headless box
bryan@ak.net
Date: Tue Jan 15 2002 - 22:06:39 AKST
Greg Jetter wrote in <200201160657.g0G6vwd11411@catbert.lzmt.com>:
>
> Thanks for all the sugessions , what I wound up doing is disconnecting the
> viedo cable , mouse , and leaving a keyboard attached , it works well , I
> ssh into it to start up services and use webmin to administer it from the
> other box's , I looked at what tom suggested the add in card was about 300
> bucks , I'll try and get along without it for the time being. The last thing
> I'm going to try is just pulling out the keyboard connector. if that does
> not cause any dammage then I'm set
There are also plugs that are basically "dummy keyboards". They have no
functionality other than to make the BIOS think there's a keyboard there.
I don't know anything about them other than that they exist.
-- Bryan Medsker bryan@ak.net
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