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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


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