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voodoosand · Feb 10, 2005, 04:34 PM

Is there a way to use my 12" PB screen as a monitor for an old
PC that I am installing linux on? I just don't want to drop the cash to buy a crappy monitor, just to do an install for a friend.

ibook_steve · Feb 10, 2005, 04:54 PM

This has been discussed many, many times. Simple answer is no unless there is some PC card that allows this that I don't know about. You might as well buy the crappy monitor. It would probably cost less.

Steve

zzarg · Feb 12, 2005, 08:05 AM

of course if you can get the machine to the point where you can start a VNC session then you're okay but until you have enough of a system in place to do that you're going to have a problem.
I know in the windows world you can configure a fully scripted install, right through to the point of what apps start when it launches for real (have used it to build remote headless machines in the past) - so I'm guessing there is a similar Linux option ?