Got a link for it? ----- Original Message ----- From: "K0LNY" <glenn@ervin.email> To: "Rob Hudson" <rob_hudson3182@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2021 13:14:57 -0500 Subject: Re: Installing OS on rackmount server > Rob, > You can get a USB hub that is also a sound card. > The one I have is maybe a 20 dollar hub with a sound card inside, it's about > the size of a small harmonica and runs off the USB power, it has audio in > and out. > Glenn > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rob Hudson" <rob_hudson3182@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2021 6:01 AM > Subject: Re: Installing OS on rackmount server > > > I was given to understand that a lot of bioses have trouble seeing USB hubs. > But I can try that, good thought. > No sound on this puppy. So it's going to be braille or, once I get the > installer going, ssh. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Mike Ray <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2021 11:54:56 +0100 > Subject: Re: Installing OS on rackmount server > > > > > > > Passive USB hub? > > > > Does the rack server have sound? If so you could install Debian from the > > net install CD image written to a flash drive. > > > > Or, even if the server does not have sound, you could insert a USB sound > > dongle. Again, by using a USB hub to expand the number of USB ports. > > > > You could install something else as well, such as Ubuntu. But if it is a > > server only, there is no reason to install a desktop. The Debian net > > install allows you to install only the cli, and no GUI. > > > > I would not try installing Linux on another machine and then moving it > > across, unless it's an identical machine. I assume lots of drivers will > > be selected during the install which would not be appropriate for the > > eventual host. > > > > > > > > > > On 11/07/2021 11:49, Rob Hudson wrote: > > > Tried this on another list, got no answer, so trying here. I've got a > > > Cisco rackmount that needs an OS. It's only got 2 usb ports, so I can't > > > hook up a keyboard, a braille display and a linux flash drive. I'm given > > > to understand the CIMC interface is inaccessible, and I have no idea how > > > to set up a PXE server. Is my only option for installing an OS to > > > connect a hard drive to another computer, install linux on there and > > > then put it in the server? > > > > > > > > > -- > > Michael A. Ray > > Analyst/Programmer > > Witley, Surrey, South-east UK > > > > "Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when > > there is nothing left to take away." -- A. de Saint-Exupery > > > > > >
