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Date:      Sat, 05 May 2001 20:40:07 +0200
From:      Thierry Herbelot <thierry@herbelot.com>
To:        Chris Faulhaber <jedgar@fxp.org>
Cc:        Ingo Flaschberger <if@sil.at>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: no keyboard
Message-ID:  <3AF44907.D1DC4C89@herbelot.com>
References:  <Pine.SOL.4.21.0105051931560.16630-100000@ikarus> <20010505133510.A94399@peitho.fxp.org>

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Chris Faulhaber wrote:
> 
> On Sat, May 05, 2001 at 07:36:07PM +0200, Ingo Flaschberger wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > i'm not sure if that is the right list, but i hope u could help me.
> >
> > i'm working at an iap, and we are using freebsd (4.2) boxes as routers.
> > normally no keyboard or monitor is attached to the box.
> > the problem is, when i connect after the boot a keyboard at the box, it is
> > not recognized. at the colocations we often need access to this boxes (not
> > remote access).
> > is there a solution for this problem?

Note : this is a way to kill your keyboard : an AT keyboard is not
hot-plug compatible

two better solutions :
- a KVM (keyboard video mouse) switch (for example, from Blackbox)
- a serial console (via console="comconsole" in /boot/loader.conf + the
right conf in /etc/ttys

-- 
Thierry Herbelot

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