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xster
December 3rd, 2009, 10:37 AM
Hi,
I have an old but decent computer, the graphics card unfortunately burned out due to excessive heat. It'd be a shame to lose it and I definitely don't want to buy a new graphics card. I'd like to turn it into a server and host some web services there. How do I install Ubuntu server without a screen? Is there some sort of remote install system?

renzokuken
December 3rd, 2009, 01:17 PM
sounds like you want to do a network install possibly using something like ssh to control the headless machine. never done it myself but this might be a good place to start reading and see whats involved

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation#Server and network installations