<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Toby, that last link looks like just the job... and not a soldering iron in sight. I think I've seen one of the old VGA/Mac adapters in a box of junk in our server room at work :D<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Nice one... if get a chance to get some 75ohm resistors and another VGA adapter I will bring them along just for the crack XD<BR><DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Thanks for the info. It's good to have a fellow Mac sympathiser in WLUG</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Dave</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>PS what was that game site you maintain..?</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>On 1 Aug 2007, at 13:55, Toby Deans wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><A href="http://www.ilpi.com/help/headlessmac/">http://www.ilpi.com/help/headlessmac/</A><BR><BR>Another solution here without solder.<BR><BR>---------- Forwarded message ----------<BR><SPAN class="gmail_quote">From: <B class="gmail_sendername"> Toby Deans</B> <<A href="mailto:plumocelot@gmail.com">plumocelot@gmail.com</A>><BR>Date: 01-Aug-2007 13:27<BR>Subject: Discombobulating a Macintosh<BR>To: <A href="mailto:watford@mailman.lug.org.uk">watford@mailman.lug.org.uk </A><BR><BR></SPAN><A href="http://forums.macnn.com/104/alternative-operating-systems/296206/headless-mac-mini-server-using-bootcamp/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://forums.macnn.com/104/alternative-operating-systems/296206/headless-mac-mini-server-using-bootcamp/ </A> <BR><BR>The link above is an interesting hack for this problem. I have a spare VGA to DVI adapter I got with my Mac laptop you can probably have. According to this forum - you can short out the correct pins with resistors to fool your mac into booting headless. Allegedly, you can attempt this without soldering if like me you tend to wreak destruction if you go anywhere near a soldering iron. The resistors you should be able to pick up at Maplins. <BR><BR>More tales of headless woe here:<BR><BR><A href="http://www.antbrown.com/geek/?p=6" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.antbrown.com/geek/?p=6</A><BR><BR>Ichabod Crane. <BR><BR>Hi all,<BR><BR>I plan to get along to the next meet (7/8/07). Cliff mentioned the <BR>possibility of setting up the venue with broadband and a web site,<BR>Perhaps we could brainstorm along those lines and get a proposal<BR>together along with costs etc? An internet connection would be nice<BR>for future meets, no? <BR><BR>Dave "The Noob"<BR><BR>PS I think I've found out the restart problem with my box (Ubuntu on<BR>a silver G4). It appears that I 'have' to have a monitor plugged in<BR>for a reboot!<BR><BR>This is what I believe I need to run a headless server on my mac: <BR><A href="http://tvtool.info/go.htm?http://tvtool.info/english/dummy_e.htm" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://tvtool.info/go.htm?http://tvtool.info/english/dummy_e.htm</A><BR> <BR>With refernece to the above link, I seem to remember some of you<BR>members being from an electronics background, any chance you've got a<BR>few (3) 75ohm resistors kicking around and a soldering iron with a<BR> bit of solder? I'll find an unused VGA connector we could pull apart! <BR><BR><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Watford mailing list</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="mailto:Watford@mailman.lug.org.uk">Watford@mailman.lug.org.uk</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/watford">https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/watford</A></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>