From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 6 18:17:25 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 E7DB816A4B3 for ; Mon, 6 Oct 2003 18:17:25 -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 93C3143FE1 for ; Mon, 6 Oct 2003 18:17:22 -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 h971FCs2001129; Mon, 6 Oct 2003 20:15:13 -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 h971FCLj001096; Mon, 6 Oct 2003 20:15:12 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from mig) Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 20:15:12 -0500 From: "Manuel Rabade (MiG)" To: "Ph. Schulz" Message-ID: <20031007011511.GB340@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> <20031006233803.GA340@mig-29.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031006233803.GA340@mig-29.net> 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: Tue, 07 Oct 2003 01:17:26 -0000 On Mon, Oct 06, 2003 at 06:38:03PM -0500, MiG wrote: > 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. > I mean, "i don't like to do it" :-P, sorry for my bad english. > 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" > _______________________________________________ > 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"