I just set up my box to not stop the boot process if there is no keyboard
(it doesn't seem to care about the monitor). I installed ssh on the box to
connect and do maintenance, but there are plenty of other options. For
"Serial LILO" try this (I don't do it myself):
http://www.bronzesoft.org/docs/linux/embedded/Serial-Terminal-as-Console.htm

Brian

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Rossiter [mailto:rossiter@discoverynet.com]
> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 11:13 AM
> To: mike neuliep; kclug@kclug.org; Kirk.Taylor@qwest.com;
> mohoel@bigfoot.com
> Subject: Re: Which (RH or MDK) for bare http server?
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: mike neuliep <mike@illiana.net>
> 
> 
> > For headless units (which www.kclug.org runs on) I am using 
> the stock
> debian
> > distribution which in my opinion is the most reliable 
> distro out there.
> > You need reliability if you are going to leave a box unattended.
> >
> > The box has no monitor, keyboard & mouse.  In the event of something
> stupid
> > happening with the box, my ISP has ttyS0 connected to a PM2 
> that I can ssh
> > into via a sun box.  I've serialized my lilo so in the rare 
> event of a
> crash
> > and the box comes up in single user mode (like a failed 
> e2fsck), I can
> connect
> > to the serial port, fix it, and then log in.  This works 
> great too if the
> box
> > loses network connectivity for whatever reason.  The serial 
> lilo though is
> the
> > key to a quicker recovery, it is worth putting on just 
> about any box you
> want
> > to deploy in the field.
> >
> > Mike Neuliep
> >
> I have a Linux box that just runs backups at night, I would 
> like to make
> this a headless box. Could someone point me in the direction to begin
> research on this task.
> 
> I would be interested in implementing the serial LILO also.  
> Where do I
> begin garnering information about this?
> 
> TIA, Eric
> 
> 
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