From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun May 23 19:56:13 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from picnic.mat.net (picnic.mat.net [206.246.122.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1515D151AE for ; Sun, 23 May 1999 19:56:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chuckr@picnic.mat.net) Received: from localhost (chuckr@localhost) by picnic.mat.net (8.9.3/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA75004; Sun, 23 May 1999 22:55:35 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 23 May 1999 22:55:35 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey To: David Greenman Cc: John Polstra , hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Tyan S1836DLUAN without a keyboard In-Reply-To: <199905240053.RAA06402@implode.root.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, 23 May 1999, David Greenman wrote: > >Do any of you know whether a Tyan S1836DLUAN Thunder 100 motherboard > >can be booted without a keyboard? The BIOS complains of keyboard > >problems and just sits there. I don't see any setup options to turn > >off that behavior. I'd like to use it with a serial console and no > >keyboard, monitor, or mouse. > > That doesn't happen on the S1836DLUAN based machines that I've built. None > of them have a keyboard or mouse. Have you guys compared BIOSes? My last 2 dual Tyan MBs (not the S1836DLUAN), Tyan installed either Award or (I think) Phoenix BIOSes. You didn't get a choice in advance, but you could (very cheaply) get the one you didn't get from Tyan, by checking ads in Computer Shopper. Very cheaply== ~ 15 bucks. They were quite different in features, so for the price it was well worth it. ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@picnic.mat.net | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run picnic (FreeBSD-current) (301) 220-2114 | and jaunt (Solaris7). ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message