Search Again: Re: Headless (non)operation on OSX From: Global Homes Webmaster Date: Monday, April 29, 2002 Time: 9:57:08 am David, you might try looking at the archives for Apple's Mac OS X Server mailing list, if you haven't already. <http://www.lists.apple.com/search> -- select 'macos-x-server' as the list to search. This topic makes the rounds over there on a fairly regular basis. If you can't find an answer in the archives, you might try asking the OSXS list directly -- there are some very knowledgeable OS X (Server) users on it. On 04/29/02 at 13:10, David Hooper wrote: > I hope someone can help with this critical problem with OSX. Apple > seem unable or unwilling to help even thought the implications for > them are huge. > > I've just been setting up our OSX server (a G4-800) and it won't boot > up unless it has a monitor attached. This makes it useless to us as > our servers are co-located. After a week on the phone to Apple (UK) > their position currently is that *OSX and OSX server do not support > headless operation*. > > Apple have tested various versions of OSX themselves on several boxes > and have confirmed that the system software will not boot up without > a monitor. The boxes are not even pingable. We have tried gHeads and > other monitor adaptors - and even a trick with a paperclip but these > do not solve the problem (as they used to in the past). > > This is obviously going to be a very serious issue for anybody > migrating to OSX with co-located servers - or indeed anyone who wants > to use them as a headless file server in an office. > > Does anyone know of any solution to this problem, supported or > unsupported by Apple? > > If you are interested and if we hear anything useful I will inform > the list. Feel free to contact me off list at > david.hooper@artlogic.net. > > This is clearly an issue which, if not resolved, is going to have a > significant impact on us but also all the companies which develop for > OSX. -- Christopher Bort | cbort@globalhomes.com Webmaster, Global Homes | webmaster@globalhomes.com <http://www.globalhomes.com/> | PGP public key available on request

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