Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 20:39:17 -0500 (EST) From: "Dan Mahoney, System Admin" <danm@prime.gushi.org> To: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Off Topic:Keyboard Error halting Boot and Override Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0102022037140.52422-100000@prime.gushi.org> In-Reply-To: <20010203021940.E1233@raggedclown.net>
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On Sat, 3 Feb 2001, Cliff Sarginson wrote: > On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 05:11:23PM -0500, Dan Mahoney, System Admin wrote: > > Hey all, > > > > I know this is off topic, but I figure someone might know how to do > > this. We have a number of users in our data center who colocate machines > > that will on occasion refuse to boot if there is no keyboard attached. I > > was wondering if anyone knew of a "dongle" to attach to the keyboard port > > that will make the system "think" there's a keyboard there. A web search > > Know of no dongles, however there is often a BIOS option > to ignore certain kinds of errors on startup. I even have > an ancient 486 SX in this room that has the option, so > your Cray II Massively Parallel PC's probably do as well :) But my not-nearly-compact professionally non-compliant (Compaq Proliant) does NOT, and a few others still complain as well. I've got 80 diverse machines here. The ones that CAN be told not to whine, have. -Dan -- "A mother can be an inspiration to her little son, change his thoughts, his mind, his life, just with her gentle hum." -No Doubt, "Different People", from "Tragic Kingdom" --------Dan Mahoney-------- Techie, Sysadmin, WebGeek Gushi on efnet/undernet IRC ICQ: 13735144 AIM: LarpGM Web: http://prime.gushi.org finger danm@prime.gushi.org for pgp public key and tel# --------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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