turning a desktop install into a server

[J Bickhard]

Most of the BIOSes that I've seen won't power the computer on past
POST without a working keyboard plugged in (keyboard error, press F1
to continue).
Could rip the circuit board out of an old keyboard and just leave that
connected so that the BIOS "sees" a real keyboard.

Jake (dats me)




On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 7:35 PM, Joshua Solomin <jsolomin at gmail.com> wrote:
> Right, I have ssh server installed, and turned on remote access, and
> am running a samba fileshare.  So I can successfully SSH to/VNC
> to/access files on the Ubuntu server.  BUT: I can seemingly only do
> this after I've actually logged into the Ubuntu box locally, which is
> a problem if I want the box sitting in a corner with no display or
> keyboard/mouse.  So, the question is how I can get the remote access
> to be available immediately after flipping on the power on the Ubuntu
> box, without needing to log in locally first.
>
> thanks,
> Joshua
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 5:31 PM, Ashley Benton <chuaukantli at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 4:54 PM, Joshua Solomin <jsolomin at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I recently installed the Ubuntu desktop edition, and got things
>>> working; but what I really want to do is to make it a server-like box
>>> that is exclusively logged into remotely (from other machines on my
>>> home network).  I powered it down, unplugged monitor/keyboard/mouse,
>>> put it in its new location, and turned it on -- but as far as I could
>>> tell, the (wireless) networking didn't even start; I had to lug over
>>> the periphals and plug them in, then log in to Ubuntu, then unplug
>>> them again.
>>>
>>> So now I have a box that I can remotely access (and on which I'm
>>> actually still logged in locally).  But what if I have to reboot --
>>> how can I set it up such that it doesn't need the peripherals at all,
>>> and I can log into it remotely without having to log in locally first?
>>>
>>
>> The easiest way is to allow remote access like that you can log in from the
>> computers allowed. If I remember you should find it in
>> system...something..don't have my computer in front of me sorry. I would
>> think that later you will want to create a ssh connection or samba
>> connection which work differently and use less CPU on the computer you use
>> to log into your server.
>>
>> Good luck
>>
>> Meg
>>
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>> Joshua
>>>
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