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From: "Corey Snow" <corey@snowpoint.com>
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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


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