openSUSE Forums > Archives > SF Archives > ARCHIVES - Hardware » Running Suse Without A Video Card

Go Back   openSUSE Forums > Archives > SF Archives > ARCHIVES - Hardware
Forums FAQ Members List Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read


ARCHIVES - Hardware Questions about hardware installation or configuration in SUSE Linux

 
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1 (permalink)  
Old 31-May-2008, 13:04
rohand
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
Default

How can i get SUSE to let me run my computer from a serial port connection (hyperterminal on a connected computer) without having a video card in the SUSE machine. Ive already configured grub to redirect boot output to the serial port by changing menu.lst and configured inittab to listen on the serial ports and give a logon prompt at boot time. However, when I boot the machine after taking out the video card the boot fails (im assuming this is because YaST expects a video card). How can i get it to boot?
  #2 (permalink)  
Old 31-May-2008, 17:13
hank_se
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
Default

No that's the BIOS protesting, it won't boot without a graphics output device. The positive side is
that you don't need a display once you have installed your system. I've got a couple of Asrock
K7S41GX cards with integrated graphics chips and control them over ssh, but controlling them over
a serial port would make no difference I suppose. Those cards run very good as servers if that's what
you're out for, I also downclock the frontside bus to 100 Mhz to get them run cool and long.
 

Bookmarks

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On




 

Search Engine Friendly URLs by vBSEO 3.3.0 RC2