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   I  don't see one in this one.  It's a pretty old BIOS in a micron
   P200.
   Bummer.  Thanks.
   Dan Nelson wrote:

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.