Server without VGA graphics card - how to convince BIOS to continue booting
We have a server that, for convoluted reasons, we are interested in running without any graphics cards. It is accessed purely over the network and needs no console input. Nevertheless I have read the Serial-Console documentation and am able to configure a Linux server to output all LILO and kernel messages to a dumb terminal on the serial port plus even allow root logins on that dumb terminal for administration purposes. Our Linux server will work fine like this, without a screen and it means we can tuck it in the corner and forget about it, which is nice! :) However the problem is that we want to remove the graphics card. When we do so the server seems to no longer boot. I can only assume that the BIOS is complaining (on a non-existant display?!?) and won't boot without at least a VGA graphics card. Does anyone have any experience of this annoying problem and could they give us some help? Regards, Carl Peto
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Carl Peto