Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 22:29:49 -0800 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Dan Mahoney, System Admin" <danm@prime.gushi.org>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Off Topic:Keyboard Error halting Boot and Override Message-ID: <002901c08daa$b5618dc0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0102021709140.56975-100000@prime.gushi.org>
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If you get a good electronic switchbox (not the crappy mechanical switch ones that burn out keyboard ports) it will provide the appropriate keyboard startup signals to prevent the systems from halting during the boot process. Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Dan Mahoney, > System Admin > Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 2:11 PM > To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Off Topic:Keyboard Error halting Boot and Override > > > 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 > revealed not much, but I'm not even sure what I'm searching for. > > Anyone, Anyone? > > -Dan Mahoney > > -- > > "There is no right and wrong, there is only fun and boring." > > -Fisher Stevens, "Hackers" > > --------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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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