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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!newshost.telstra.net!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!metro!metro!news.cs.su.oz.au!inferno.mpx.com.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!titanic!adam From: adam@aone.com.au (Adam Eberbach) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Absolute minimums Date: 4 Apr 1996 00:35:30 GMT Organization: Access-One Pty. Ltd., Melbourne, Australia Lines: 13 Message-ID: <4jv5gi$rsh@news.mel.aone.net.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: titanic.labtam.oz.au X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] I want to set up an absolute minimum box to act as a home server - I use an X terminal, I'd like the FreeBSD box to run xdm, the window manager and binaries such as netscape. This will access the net through a PPP link. I'd like to build the box if possible with no keyboard, monitor, display card or other extras. Can FreeBSD use a serial port as the console? If anyone has tried a similar setup, what is your hardware and what problems did you have? How is your performance, and what would you do differently if starting again? -- Adam Eberbach, Systems Admin, Access One - adam@aone.com.au +61 3 9239 1444