Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 16:00:17 +0100 From: Scott Mitchell <scott+freebsd@fishballoon.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Booting without keyboard. Message-ID: <20031006150017.GE8641@llama.fishballoon.org> In-Reply-To: <20031006131639.GB3467@isorauta.ntc.nokia.com> References: <20031006033138.14059.qmail@web21307.mail.yahoo.com> <20031006131639.GB3467@isorauta.ntc.nokia.com>
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On Mon, Oct 06, 2003 at 04:16:39PM +0300, Mike Jackson wrote: > > Hi, > You could try a USB keyboard. I'm not sure if USB Hotplugging is > working in FBSD or not, but it *should* work theoretically. > > I don't know of any systems that allow PS/2 hotplugging. 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. Depends where the server is located wrt. other machines, but a KVM switch might be useful in this situation. Scott -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | "Eagles may soar, but weasels Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get sucked into jet engines" scott at fishballoon.org | 0xAA775B8B | -- Anon
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