From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Apr 11 22:00:22 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id WAA14133 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 11 Apr 1997 22:00:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.sns.com (jack.sns.com [199.35.183.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id WAA14127 for ; Fri, 11 Apr 1997 22:00:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from speedy by mail.sns.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #5) id m0wFuv7-000Q3NC; Fri, 11 Apr 97 22:00 PDT Message-Id: <3.0.32.19970411215638.00812960@mail.sns.com> X-Sender: ludwigp@mail.sns.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 22:00:08 -0700 To: install@freebsd.org, joed@ksu.edu From: Ludwig Pummer Subject: Re: Installation of FreeBSD on a headless pc? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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