From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 6 16:40:22 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E5C516A4D8 for ; Mon, 6 Oct 2003 16:40:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mig.mig-29.net (dsl-200-78-45-52.prodigy.net.mx [200.78.45.52]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0FA543F75 for ; Mon, 6 Oct 2003 16:40:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mig@mig-29.net) Received: from mig.mig-29.net (localhost.mig-29.net [127.0.0.1]) by mig.mig-29.net (8.12.8p1/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h96Nc3s2000934; Mon, 6 Oct 2003 18:38:03 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from mig@mig.mig-29.net) Received: (from mig@localhost) by mig.mig-29.net (8.12.8p1/8.12.8/Submit) id h96Nc3lY000933; Mon, 6 Oct 2003 18:38:03 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from mig) Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 18:38:03 -0500 From: "Manuel Rabade (MiG)" To: "Ph. Schulz" Message-ID: <20031006233803.GA340@mig-29.net> References: <20031006033138.14059.qmail@web21307.mail.yahoo.com> <20031006131639.GB3467@isorauta.ntc.nokia.com> <20031006150017.GE8641@llama.fishballoon.org> <3F81F526.8090107@gmx.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3F81F526.8090107@gmx.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i URL: http://www.mig-29.net/ cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org cc: hctan7@yahoo.com Subject: Re: Booting without keyboard. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2003 23:40:22 -0000 Some years ago I worked as technical service, and i see al least 2 machines with the keyboard port "burned" because of this :-P, but also i know about too many people that do it and nothing happens ... but i like to do it :-P. On Tue, Oct 07, 2003 at 01:05:10AM +0200, Ph. Schulz wrote: > >I've read (although never actually seen myself - so take this with as large > >a grain of salt as you like) that hotplugging PS/2 peripherals can damage > >the port you're plugging them into, so I'd be wary about doing this. > > This is what I've heard, too, but I've never seen a PS/2 port being > damaged from 'hot plugging' either. However, I've seen it quite a few > times that unplugging and replugging the mouse or the keyboard leaves > the device not working afterwards. I've seen this under FreeBSD as well > as under (I hate to admit it, but it's the PC at work) Windows NT4 and > 2000. I've read a magazine article once which said that this is not the > OS's responsibility but the hardware (keyboard or mouse) itself crashing. > So regardless if hot-plugging the keyboard works or not, if you plan > to do this several times a day, you might want to thing about getting a > KVM switch. > > Phil. > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"