From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jul 25 07:14:39 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.11/8.6.6) id HAA25588 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 25 Jul 1995 07:14:39 -0700 Received: from tserv.lodgenet.com (dial9.iw.net [204.157.148.58]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.11/8.6.6) with ESMTP id HAA25537 for ; Tue, 25 Jul 1995 07:13:13 -0700 Received: from jake.lodgenet.com (jake.lodgenet.com [204.124.120.30]) by tserv.lodgenet.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id JAA08502; Tue, 25 Jul 1995 09:13:17 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by jake.lodgenet.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) with SMTP id JAA01926; Tue, 25 Jul 1995 09:12:54 -0500 Message-Id: <199507251412.JAA01926@jake.lodgenet.com> X-Authentication-Warning: jake.lodgenet.com: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6 4/21/95 To: "Michael C. Newell" cc: Joe McGuckin , questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Headless/keyboardless booting... In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 24 Jul 1995 21:25:19 EDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 25 Jul 1995 09:12:53 -0500 From: "Eric L. Hernes" Sender: questions-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > > > I've not seen ANY PC that will boot without a video card of some sort; > they always fail in POST. What we did was get an ancient CGA card from a > junk box at a HAM fest for $1 and stuff that in. It's enough to get past > POST. We've got over a thousand pc's here booting without keyboards OR video cards. Mostly run SCO unix and xenix. I've personally set up three FreeBSD machines without keyboards or video cards. Most of the motherboards are micronics. The newest one is a pci/pentium based critter which has been discontinued, M54si, I believe. So it can be done. > > Mike > > +--------------------------------------+------------------------------------+ > |Mike Newell | The opinions expressed herein are | > |NASA Science Internet Network Systems | my own, and do not necessarily | > |Sterling Software, Inc. | reflect those of the NSI program, | > |MNewell@nsipo.nasa.gov | Sterling Software, NASA, or anyone | > |+1-202-434-8954 | else. | > +--------------------------------------+------------------------------------+ > | work: http://www.eco.nsi.nasa.gov/~mnewell | > | home: http://www.newell.arlington.va.us | > +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > > eric. -- erich@lodgenet.com erich@rrnet.com