Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 22:00:59 -0700 From: "Corey Snow" <corey@snowpoint.com> To: Rick Hamell <hamellr@heorot.1nova.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Make a headless box Message-ID: <3D06731B.22855.5C2AFA4@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0206111820280.20040-100000@heorot.1nova.com> References: <3D015593.9860.1ED8AAD@localhost>
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On 11 Jun 2002, at 18:21, Rick Hamell wrote: > > > 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." > It's an American Megatrends BIOS (AMIBIOS), luckily enough. :) I can turn off the keyboard and video card probe. I still haven't taken the plunge on that box but I plan to in the next few days. I'll post a message with how it went to the list, along with any pitfalls I run into. Corey To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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