On Tue, 2003-01-14 at 02:15, Lee W wrote: > > It is also more > > "space appropriate" to do this headless than to go with a separate > > traditional box/monitor/keyboard, so long as I'm not walking into more > > headaches than I can guess at at present. > > > > Hi Mark, > > Given that you are putting all this in a rack, Have you considered using a > KVM switch, such as those supplied by Belkin. You would then only need a > single Keyboard, Monitor & Mouse for all of your PC's, this would get around > any potential problems you may have with serial as well as providing a > backup means of using your machines in the event that serial input fails.
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