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Subject: Re: KVM switch with FreeBSD-8.2
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On 9/11/2011 at 2:28 PM Daniel Feenberg wrote:

|The problem I have heard of relates to "what happens if the machine
boots 
|with the KVM switched to another machine?" The KVM may need to pretend

|there is a keyboard connected at that point. 
 =============

I've used Avocent KVMs and this does not seem to be an issue with them.

Currently I have a Avocent Switchview 100 PS/2 two-port sharing the
console between FreeBSD 8.2 and OpenBSD 4.9 boxen.  No issues regarding
where the switch is pointing and which is booting.  I do not use a GUI
on either of those.