Re: headless linux possible via NFS
From: Dave {Reply Address in.sig} (noone$$_at_llondel.org)
Date: 04/18/04
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Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 22:26:53 +0000
In message <40819e0c$0$564$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl>, edward hage wrote:
> I have the idea to put an old computer to use as a headless system; so
> no keyboard and no monitor. The goal of the computer is to host a
> webserver with some pages that show 'real-time' data like temperature
> and humidity that is measured outside. The computer must also keep a
> record (logging) of the temperature and humidity over time. These files
> must be accesible via the net.
>
> I browsed on the internet and the gross of the people option for a
> serial link (via software minicom) to be able to 'talk' to the headless
> computer. However, I had the idea to do this via ethernet by setting up
> an NFS server. I did not find any info on this, which is a bit odd
> because for me it looks like an idea that a lot of other people already
> must have had !
>
> Anyway, does anybody have experience with setting up a headless system,
> and have some good tips on how to do this or maybe some other ideas?
>
It's easy enough to do, I have a couple of machines here that exist without
keyboard, mouse or monitor. One is the firewall machine that runs almost no
services except sshd bound to the internal ethernet card and the
iptables/iproute stuff, the other is my server machine that runs the web
server, dhcp, dns, imap etc. It's also got NFS configured and the other
machines all mount /home from it. Provided you remember to set up the BIOS
to allow it to boot with no keyboard it'll be quite happy.
Dave
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