[CentOS] how to install Linux on an IBM xserver 335 server without graphics card?

Adam Tauno Williams awilliam at whitemice.org
Sun Dec 19 12:24:47 UTC 2010


On Sun, 2010-12-19 at 12:10 +0000, James Pearson wrote:
> Rudi Ahlers wrote:
> > Hi All,
> > I recently got some IBM Xseries 335 servers 2nd hand, and noticed they
> > don't have any graphics card. Some google searched indicate they only
> > have an uplink port, which you could connect to another (other model)
> > IBM server and use that as the head node. But, I don't have one
> > available.
> They do have a graphics card - the 'uplink' port is a KVM port that has 
> VGA and PS/2 - this is certainly the case with the X335's we have.
> If you can get hold of a C2T breakout cable, then you should be able to 
> plug in a keyboard/mouse/screen.

+1




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