if you're doing a remote access/headless node, you don't have to have a mouse/keyboard/monitor continually hooked to the box. it is a good idea to have them close by if you 'need' to do a local/troubleshooting process. setting up the box for headless running can sometimes be tricky, depending on the bios. there's plenty of information on how to do a headless setup via google. if you run across a situation that's 'different' than what's online, make sure you write it up, repost it to the mailing list!!! good luck! -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Gene Heskett Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 9:22 AM To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx Cc: Mike - EMAIL IGNORED Subject: Re: Do I need monitor, mouse, keyboard? On Saturday 02 December 2006 08:41, Mike - EMAIL IGNORED wrote: >On the box on which I run Apache and a few >other daemons, I virtually never use the >monitor, keyboard, or mouse. I maintain >the box over ssh. Is there any reason I >have to keep these peripherals plugged in >to the box? > >Thanks for your help. >Mike They don't seem to be needed until something goes aglay and you need a local console to troubleshoot. That said, I've seen some bios's tha would not proceed if the keyboard was unplugged. Dumb bios IMO. I'm running DD-WRT on an old 500MHZ Compaq, completely headless. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2006 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
