Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 22:59:13 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: Gary Aitken <freebsd@dreamchaser.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Booting using serial console Message-ID: <20030611035913.GA48233@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <3EE6A7E7.2090106@dreamchaser.org> References: <3500515B75D9D311948800508BA37955014BDB96@EX-LONDON> <3ED64120.3070607@dreamchaser.org> <3EE6A1C6.5030800@dreamchaser.org> <200306110335.KAA07146@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> <3EE6A7E7.2090106@dreamchaser.org>
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In the last episode (Jun 10), Gary Aitken said: > > The serial ports are ok. > However, in checking that out I discovered that it will boot from the > serial console if there is also a keyboard plugged in (no monitor). > So then I put the monitor on and unplugged the keyboard. > The boot sequence shows: > "keyboard error" > during the initial BIOS boot. > Then, when the scsi devices are probed, I get > <F1> to resume, <F2> to setup > It looks like BIOS won't let me boot unattended without a keyboard. > With the keyboard, it comes up ok on the serial port. > Anyone know of a way around this? > Olivier Nicole wrote: Most BIOSes have a setting to ignore keyboard errors on bootup. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com
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