Beeson Benjamin LtCol 615 AMOS/XO wrote:
Aloha,
I have a linux box that I have turned into a router + firewall
that now needs to be able to boot without a monitor or keyboard or mouse
attached. How do I do this? Currently the box has a RH 7.2 install
with MonMotha's firewall. The installation is mostly there, but I have
left off a few things like GCC etc just in case. I would like to be
able to secure shell into the router from the internal interface and
start a remote X session if possible. Is this doable?
Mahalos in advance,
Ben
Usually is. Linux will happily start without a video card or anything of the
like (though redhat may get mad). In fact, you can even have it throw the
console on the RS-232 serial port in case you want to "console in" some time.
The issue is usually the BIOS. Many BIOSes will refuse to boot without a
keyboard or video card installed. Check your BIOS options (sometimes you can
turn off halt on errors).
--MonMotha
