How to setup a headless machine

[Arthur Pemberton]

Daniel Buggie wrote:

>On Thu, 2005-01-27 at 14:24 -0400, Arthur Pemberton wrote:
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>>Out of curiousity, I'd like to know what are the better ways to setup 
>>and run a headless (monitor less) machine with FC3.
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>>I'm going to setup a third linux box in my room, and thought it would be 
>>nice to learn and try out.
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>>Thank you.
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>>Peace
>>Arturo
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>You definitely will want to set up serial console so that you can log
>into your box without network connectivity. Just google serial console
>and you should be fine. You will need to pick up a null modem cable
>though.
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>Most server class motherboards will also support BIOS redirection that
>will allow you to see the POST messages via the serial port or change
>settings on in the BIOS or any SCSI controller you may have. Not a must
>have but if you haven't bought the hardware yet its something to keep in
>mind.
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>However the terminal emulation under serial console leaves much to be
>desired, so for most day to day stuff ssh is your friend.
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Thanks for the very interesting suggestion. I found a good link on it 
here ( http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Remote-Serial-Console-HOWTO/ ) for 
anyone who may be interested. If what the doc says about 80 x 25 is 
true, it won't fit my immediate needs. But I'll pass on the info to my LUG.

Thanks.
Peace