[NTLUG:Discuss] Alphaserver 2100

[Eric Schnoebelen]

Jack Snodgrass writes:
- On Fri, 2004-05-21 at 17:15, Eric Schnoebelen wrote:
- > 	Second strong recommendation.. Pull any (and all)
- > graphics adapters, and use the serial console for
- > management/booting/installation (unless you use RedHat, which
- > _demands_ a graphics console to install!)
- 
- just curious... when you say _demands_... do you mean that
- the text mode install doesn't go over the serial console 
- or what exactly. I always install Redhat without a gui 
- using the text mode install....

	It  wouldn't do an installation over the serial link..
It tried to talk to the (non-existant) graphics adapter for
everything..  Otherwise, yes, it was a text mode install.

	Perhaps things have changed, it was a few years ago, but
it was still souring, especially given my experience installing
NetBSD on SPARC, UltraSPARC, and Alpha systems at the time. And
installing Debian coped well with the idea  of a serial console
too.

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