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Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 18:21:20 -0700 (PDT)
From: Rick Hamell <hamellr@heorot.1nova.com>
To: Corey Snow <corey@snowpoint.com>
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Subject: Re: Make a headless box
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> It currently has an old VESA VGA card in it. Ideally, I'd like to 
> make the configuration changes, shut down the system, take out the 
> card, and start it back up again in headless mode.
> 
> Any thoughts, comments, or suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!

	Most BIOS of that era won't boot at all without a KB and Video
Card. You'll need to see if you can turn off "halt on errors."

	Rick


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