I have something sounding like the setup you're trying to create.
My G3 is a "headless booting" beige G3@266MHz, that first boots into Mac OS 9, halts when it finds the BootX extension and then boots Debian Linux instead. Works like a charm.
I use the comp as a router/fileserver/mailserver etc. and wanted to have Mac OS X on it at first, but it didn't work. (it failed when it tried to start the windowserver...since it had no screen to start it on) But, as I said, both Mac OS 9 and Linux work on it. *Without* an adapter or "video terminator" connected to it.
I have two ethernet cards in it, one for my ethernet-jack in the wall and one linked with my Sawtooth G4, using a crossover cable.
My G3 is a "headless booting" beige G3@266MHz, that first boots into Mac OS 9, halts when it finds the BootX extension and then boots Debian Linux instead. Works like a charm.
I use the comp as a router/fileserver/mailserver etc. and wanted to have Mac OS X on it at first, but it didn't work. (it failed when it tried to start the windowserver...since it had no screen to start it on) But, as I said, both Mac OS 9 and Linux work on it. *Without* an adapter or "video terminator" connected to it.
I have two ethernet cards in it, one for my ethernet-jack in the wall and one linked with my Sawtooth G4, using a crossover cable.