controlling headless pc - was: [Gllug] OT - general advice required on possible home setup

[John Hearns]

On Tue, 2002-09-17 at 17:02, Pavel Bradut Boghita wrote:

> 
> I decided to start with a pentium machine being set up as an ftp server (to 
> back up a database from the main machine). From looking on the net I 
> understand that it is possible to use openssh to do even remote os 
> installation on headless pc's. 
That's really interesting! Have you any pointers to that?



The problem is that "openssh headless pc" 
> google search doesn't bring much in terms of step by step howtos. 
> If a headless os installation is really possible somehow I am very interested 
> to know more about it.


I think this is our fault. We are not being very precise here.
We are talking about installing Linux on a standard PC - complete with
graphics card.
Install can be from CD-ROM or the network.
Let's just take the simple case of a CD-rOM intall for now!
But whatever way  - you install by connecting a monitor and keyboard,
and take it from there.

What you do then is not to run the X display manager on it by default.
(OK - you can choose to if you want to!).
Easily acheived by setting the default runlevel to 3

Then you set up the sshd daemon to start at boot, and log in via the
network.

Please ask more questions!



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