Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 22:00:08 -0700 From: Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@sns.com> To: install@freebsd.org, joed@ksu.edu Subject: Re: Installation of FreeBSD on a headless pc? Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970411215638.00812960@mail.sns.com>
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At 09:56 PM 4/10/97 -0500, Joe Diehl wrote: >Essentially I'm looking at building a FreeBSD based firewall.. The >machine is going to be headless, and so I'd just assume not have to >take my desktop workstation apart for the monitor and video card. I'm not sure how FreeBSD would react, but your PC won't boot without a video card installed. You should get beeps if you try to boot without one. So you're going to need to find a video card somewhere (EGA would probably work for booting, if FreeBSD doesn't mind). --Ludwig Pummer ----------------------------------------------------------------- ludwigp@sns.com ICQ UIN: 692441 http://chipweb.home.ml.org http://www.sns.com/~ludwigp <--^-- Updated 11/22/96 PGP Key & Geek Code available on web page
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