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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

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