How to setup a headless machine

[Arthur Pemberton]

dan wrote:

> Arthur Pemberton wrote:
>
>> Out of curiousity, I'd like to know what are the better ways to setup 
>> and run a headless (monitor less) machine with FC3.
>>
>> I'm going to setup a third linux box in my room, and thought it would 
>> be nice to learn and try out.
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Peace
>> Arturo
>>
>
> Just make sure it's accessable over the network, and you're set.
>
> If it's goign to run X, and you really want a GUI, I'd suggest looking 
> into VNC.
>
> One thing to remember, make sure the machine doesn't halt if it 
> doesn't detect a keyboard.  This way, you can reboot it without having 
> to have a kbd in it.
>
> I run several machines like this, without a mouse, kbd, or monitor. 
> Hell, they don't even have video cards.
>
> Thanks
> -dant
>
One thing about this, how would the first boot work? Would I have a head 
on it for the first boot to configure the vnc server etc? And would I 
boot the headless machien to runlevel 3 or 5?

Thanks