"Windows Home Server is designed to be run as a “headless” unit - i.e. it doesn’t need a keyboard, mouse and monitor. It’s just a server, with electricity and a network connection. That’s okay for day to day, but to install Windows Home Server on your box, you need to see what you’re doing and be able to tell the server what you want to do! So, find yourself a keyboard and mouse and plug those in (borrow them from one of your desktop PCs you’ll only need it for a short while), plug in a monitor (again, borrow it) and then plug your server into your broadband router, using an ethernet cable. Note: Make sure you don’t have any USB or Firewire external hard drives plugged in at this point, or else WHS will refuse to install. You can plug these in after you’ve installed Windows Home Server. Power it all on, and we’re ready to go!"
At first I was wondering how this guy was able to publish so much information that I thought was under NDA, but Jeremy reminded me that the beta is now open for public discussion. WHS is shaping up to be a great product for what it was designed to do.
Windows Home Server Beta 2 Walk-Through
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