Re: Minimal server hardware configuration

2004-11-06 Thread Rthoreau
On Friday 05 November 2004 20:19, Brendan Dacre wrote: > Gentlepeople, > > I am planning to build a "personal server" to run Debian AMD64. I > want to build this system as cheaply and have as little unnecessary > hardware as possible. > > I won't have a monitor on the system (certainly not a perma

Re: Minimal server hardware configuration

2004-11-06 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sat, 2004-11-06 at 13:19 +1100, Brendan Dacre wrote: > Gentlepeople, > > I am planning to build a "personal server" to run Debian AMD64. > I want to build this system as cheaply and have as little unnecessary > hardware as possible. Wouldn't that, then, mean that you'd want x86 instead? -- -

Re: Minimal server hardware configuration

2004-11-06 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2004-11-06 13:19:00, schrieb Brendan Dacre: > Gentlepeople, > Since my system was going to be text only and remotely administered, I began > to wonder, did I need > physical video hardware at all? Normaly YES. Why not use a cheap PCI-VGA-Card ? If you have no Compoutershop for used hardware

Re: Minimal server hardware configuration

2004-11-05 Thread Kyuu Eturautti
Brendan Dacre wrote: Since my system was going to be text only and remotely administered, I began to wonder, did I need physical video hardware at all? Brendan (unnecessary parts clipped) Short version - no, you dont. Longer version - yes, you'll probably want to have something handy just in c

Minimal server hardware configuration

2004-11-05 Thread Brendan Dacre
Gentlepeople, I am planning to build a "personal server" to run Debian AMD64. I want to build this system as cheaply and have as little unnecessary hardware as possible. I won't have a monitor on the system (certainly not a permanent one anyway) and was planning to remotely administer it using