Thanks. I appear to have ram problems on this thing now. I hear three long beeps, and according to google that means a ram problem. So now I have to test all 12 sticks. Wonderful eh? ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian Buhrow <buhrow@xxxxxxxxxx> To: "Rob Hudson" <rob_hudson3182@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, "speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: buhrow@xxxxxxxxxx Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2021 18:57:00 -0700 Subject: Re: Installing OS on rackmount server > hello Rob. It seems to me you have several options for getting this machine installed. While > I can't give details for all of them, I'll try to give you enough so you can pursue them on > your own. > > 1. If you know how to set up a tftp server and configure a dhcp server, then you have all you > need to set up a PXE server to boot an image from that server. If you learn this technique for > bootstrapping a new server, I think you'll find this gives you the most flexibility for > switching images in the future, as well as bringing up new machines down the road. > > 2. Install a USB hub, allowing you to attach an external drive, braille display and a > keyboard at the same time. Attach the braille display and the keyboard to the hub, plug it > into one of the USB ports on the machine you're installing to, then plug the external hard > drive, the one you're imaging from, into the remaining port. > > 3. If you have a second machine with a serial port, and if the first machine has a serial > port, perform a serial port based installation. That is, use the serial port as your console, > and run your braille display and keyboard from the second machine. > > Hope these ideas help. > > -Brian > >
