[ale] Serial consoles

[jrowell at balrog.ops.tridom.com (James Rowell)]

> From: lou <Lou.Ronnau at intergate.net>
> 
> I would like to run a pc under linux w/o a keyboard connected and without a
> video card and monitor. Will a pc boot correctly without a video card? How
> would I redirect the boot messages to a serial port. This box will be a
> network server and the video will (hopefully) be unused. Is there a version
> of lilo that would do this? Thanks for your time.
> 

Your ROM BIOS must have the option to disable checking for a keyboard.
Otherwise you may get my favorite oxymoronic message:
    'Error: Keyboard not found. Press any key to continue.' 

You don't need a monitor. However, a video card could be had for the asking,
if required.

James