Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 23:48:38 +0200 (MET DST) From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> To: jlemon@americantv.com (Jonathan Lemon) Cc: mango@staff.communique.net, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: serial console Message-ID: <199708262148.XAA03132@yedi.iaf.nl> In-Reply-To: <19970826143326.48713@right.PCS> from "Jonathan Lemon" at Aug 26, 97 02:33:26 pm
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As Jonathan Lemon wrote... > On Aug 08, 1997 at 11:59:20AM -0500, Raul Zighelboim wrote: > > Does anyone knows of a PC BIOS that will send boot information to a > > serial console (and accept keyboar imput from the serial console instead > > of the local graphic/keyboard combination ? > > If you meant to ask: 'Can I boot and run my PC with a serial console > only, and no keyboard?', then yes. But check out if your system BIOS allows you this. Some BIOSes insist on a keyboard being present during the selftest. If a keyboard is lacking this often results in the famous 'No keyboard found, press <F1> to continue' .... message _ ____________________________________________________________________ | / o / / _ Bulte email: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl http://www.tcja.nl/~wilko |/|/ / / /( (_) Arnhem, The Netherlands - Do, or do not. There is no 'try' ----------------------------------------------------------------------Yoda
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