You get what you pay for. Yes ps/2 plugs are a thing of the past. Servers have for the last 5 or so years been usb only. Usually with a usb in the front as well as in the back. There are usb/ps2 converters but usb/mouse is very cheap. Your adapter would most likely cost the same or more. Lack of cd drive - sounds like you bought too cheap if you need that. Alternatively, pxe boot and install that way. One nic is also quite common. It depends on what you need the server to do. Regards Peter Larsen Timothy Murphy <gayleard at eircom.net> wrote: >I bought a very cheap server yesterday - >an HP ProLiant micro server for 160 euro >(280 euro with 120 cashback, for some reason). > >But I was surprised when I opened the box >to find it didn't come with keyboard or mouse, >and doesn't have the old keyboard/mouse sockets, >but requires USB versions. >Is that the norm nowadays? >Is it possible to convert the old keyboard/mouse plugs? > >Also there is no CD drive. >But there are extensive instructions (on a CD!) >about how to instal RHEL-5.5. > >I'm not complaining, just surprised. >I got it as a fall-back for my aging server. >The ProLiant is incredibly quiet, at least by comparison. > >One last thing - there is only one ethernet socket. >This surprised me a little, >as I can't see how it can be used as a server, >without adding a second ethernet input? > >-- >Timothy Murphy >e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net >tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 >s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland > >_______________________________________________ >CentOS mailing list >CentOS at centos.org >http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos