Re: tlug: Installing Linux over a network

[Dave Gutteridge <dave@example.com>]

>boot to what?  I suppose if you had a boot ROM in the network card that
>could start a Linux installer or something, but... an EPROM burner is a
>lot more expensive than a keyboard and floppy drive :)

Of course, i do have a floppy and a keyboard which i could slot in there
just for the purposes of getting it up and running, if it was necessary. I
was just shooting for a sort of elegance of installation: setting it up
from the start with what it was going to have while acting as a server,
instead of pulling wires in and out and whatnot.
I'm a little skeptical about the video card, though. Last night i tried
pulling out my video card and my computer would beep at me in a rather
huffy tone. I checked the BIOS setup, but couldn't find any setting which
would negate a search for a video card.
But i see all these computers kicking around as servers without monitors
attached to them. What's the deal?

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	Dave Gutteridge
	3D Computer Animation Specialist
	e-mail: dave@example.com
	http://www.d-rave.com
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