I don’t have spare peripherals like a monitor and a keyboard. How do you suggest I do a bare-metal install of Debian on a computer (meant to be a server)?

    • atzanteol@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      10·
      1 年前

      I picked up a second hand monitor from a goodwill shop for like $7USD. It would be worth having a display of some sort for troubleshooting.

      • TCB13@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 年前

        Yeah at those price points it isn’t worth it at all to attempt a headless install.

    • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
      9·
      1 年前

      You’re going to want a monitor and keyboard anyway. It’s going to be pretty hard to troubleshoot a boot issue in the future without them.

    • hydrogen@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      1 年前

      Take out the hard drive out of your laptop and put the drive for the server in it, install Debian using the built in monitor and keyboard of your laptop.

    • TCB13@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      1 年前

      Well I see your problem, but you’re going to have a bad time without a screen. Maybe you can get something second hand / cheap or even ask a friend to borrow one for a few days?