Which (RH or MDK) for bare http server?

[Eric Rossiter]

----- Original Message -----
From: mike neuliep <mike at 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