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Date:      Tue, 10 Jun 2003 22:59:13 -0500
From:      Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
To:        Gary Aitken <freebsd@dreamchaser.org>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Booting using serial console
Message-ID:  <20030611035913.GA48233@dan.emsphone.com>
In-Reply-To: <3EE6A7E7.2090106@dreamchaser.org>
References:  <3500515B75D9D311948800508BA37955014BDB96@EX-LONDON> <3ED64120.3070607@dreamchaser.org> <3EE6A1C6.5030800@dreamchaser.org> <200306110335.KAA07146@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> <3EE6A7E7.2090106@dreamchaser.org>

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In the last episode (Jun 10), Gary Aitken said:
> 
>    The serial ports are ok.
>    However, in checking that out I discovered that it will boot from the
>    serial console if there is also a keyboard plugged in (no monitor).
>    So then I put the monitor on and unplugged the keyboard.
>    The boot sequence shows:
>      "keyboard error"
>    during the initial BIOS boot.
>    Then, when the scsi devices are probed, I get
>      <F1> to resume, <F2> to setup
>    It looks like BIOS won't let me boot unattended without a keyboard.
>    With the keyboard, it comes up ok on the serial port.
>    Anyone know of a way around this?
>    Olivier Nicole wrote:

Most BIOSes have a setting to ignore keyboard errors on bootup.

-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@allantgroup.com



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