On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Joel Bernstein wrote: > On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 12:51:28PM -0000, Blackwell, Lee wrote: > > > Either way, anyone have any advice for what kind of card to use in a > > > Linux server? Will the choice of graphics card have any noticeable > > > effect or is it OK to nick one from an old desktop? > > How about no graphics card at all? Run serial console - assuming you've got > > legacy serial ports. > > You try persuading standard PC hardware to boot without a graphics card.
Yeah, that and if you're in a PC environment, expect to find plenty of spare keyboards and mice, for when you need to hook up a display, but most likely a lack of null modem cables to use. Just like the converse in sun environments. Oh yeah, and I have not data to prove this one way or the other, but I'd be happier with a real text console rather than a framebuffer one. the hatter
