[LUAU] headless fedora

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Dave Burns wrote:
> Trying to RTFM, but can't seem to find the right FMTR.
>
> I've installed fedora on a dell. I want to unplug the monitor at
> least, maybe keyboard and mouse also, and have it still boot. I tried
> just unplugging the monitor, but it will not boot that way as
> currently configured.
>
> Googling indicates that the bios is the big deal, but my bios doesn't
> seem to mention anything about whether or not to expect a monitor or
> mouse etc. How do I figure out what bios it uses so I can go to their
> web page for more details?
>
> Further, since I used the GUI to set up the machine, it is currently
> set up to start X and gnome or whatever on boot. Don't I need to
> change something so it won't even try to start all that up? Should I
> just tell it to boot to runlevel 1?
>
> Will it talk through the serial port without me nudging it somehow?
>
> I'm sure this must exist somewhere on the net, somehow I am not finding it.
>
> Mahalo in advance for any pointers.
> Dave
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Your bios should have a setting for halt on no errors.
Setting the box bios to halt on no errors will allow for a headless server.

I see this all the time done successfully no matter what the OS is.

 
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