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
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      22 days ago

      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
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        22 days ago

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

    • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
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      22 days ago

      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.

      • where_am_i@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        22 days ago

        yep, a tiny boot error and suddenly you need to punch commands into initramfs. good luck with that headlessly.

    • TCB13@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      22 days ago

      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?