Search Again: Re: Headless (non)operation on OSX From: Alan McCarty Date: Monday, April 29, 2002 Time: 9:49:13 am We run quite a few OSX boxes on dual G4 533's and 800's and are able to reboot them headlessly while attached to kvm's. -Alan McCarty On Monday, April 29, 2002, at 10:50 AM, David Hooper wrote: > Len, > > I was hoping that someone, might have managed to set up an OSX without a > monitor. However, since your reply is a question, it does not seem like > you > have. It is a question I do not understand either, care to elaborate? > >> Will an "active" KVM switch emulate a SVGA, I think, fooling the main >> unit >> into thinking there is a monitor attached? > > Apple seem to think there is no fooling it. > >> The other alternative is to run FreeBSD-only, runs fine headless. :)) > > That is not helpful (or funny) under present circumstances. > >> but co-lo use of Mac's is probably seen as too small a market for >> Apple to >> pursue, esp when something like headless would violate their religion. > > Co-lo macs used to work fine. But this is not just a co-lo issue. Not > every > office network has a monitor on its file server. > > As makers of serving software for Mac with remote administration, > shouldn't > Men & Mice take a lively interest in this and try and help (Apple/Me) > find > an answer? Hope so. > > David > >

Messages In This Thread: Headless (non)operation on OSX by David Hooper on Apr 29, 2002 at 5:11:21 am Re: Headless (non)operation on OSX by Len Conrad on Apr 29, 2002 at 6:35:55 am Re: Headless (non)operation on OSX by David Hooper on Apr 29, 2002 at 7:51:51 am Re: Headless (non)operation on OSX by dan@wavefront.ca (Dan Tappin) on Apr 29, 2002 at 7:59:35 am Re: Headless (non)operation on OSX by Alan McCarty on Apr 29, 2002 at 9:49:13 am Re: Headless (non)operation on OSX by Global Homes Webmaster on Apr 29, 2002 at 9:57:08 am Re: Headless (non)operation on OSX by Warren Michelsen on Apr 29, 2002 at 8:17:32 pm