Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 18:27:53 -0400 From: Lucas Holt <luke@foolishgames.com> To: cole@opteqint.net Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Keyboard Boot Disable Message-ID: <B33BAF21-DD67-4B8A-97A0-840C3EED8AB1@foolishgames.com> In-Reply-To: <20060425202009.50F9143D75@mx1.FreeBSD.org> References: <20060425202009.50F9143D75@mx1.FreeBSD.org>
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I worked with someone once that said they blew out the ps/2 port on the motherboard. As an alternative, maybe you could consider a kvm switch? Luke On Apr 25, 2006, at 4:22 PM, Cole wrote: > Hi. > > I realised I forgot the version after I mailed. Im speaking about > FreeBSD 4.11. Also by blowing the > machine up, what exactly do you mean? You end up blowing the > motherboard? Or the keyboard? Or > specifically what? > > Regards > /Cole > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brooks Davis [mailto:brooks@one-eyed-alien.net] > Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 10:13 PM > To: Cole > Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Keyboard Boot Disable > > On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 10:10:55PM +0200, Cole wrote: >> Hi. >> >> I have a large amount of servers, and the problem is, that when I >> need >> to plug a keyboard into them, the keyboard is disabled since they >> werent booted with a keyboard. >> >> I was wondering if anyone has some idea of how to disable the >> keyboard >> probe at boot and make it so that the OS thinks that the keyboard is >> present even if its not plugged in, so that a keyboard can be plugged >> in at any stage, and will function normally. >> >> Im speaking specifically for ps2 keyboards. Is this even possible, or >> are there architecture problems or something else relating to this >> that would make this impossible? >> >> If this is possible, could someone please point me in the correct >> direction as to which code I would need to look at to make this >> possible? > > What version of FreeBSD are you running? This hasn't been the case by > default for ages. As a warning, PS2 keyboards are not electricaly > designed to be hotplug so you may blow your machine up by doing this > (says someone who does it all the time). > > -- Brooks > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Lucas Holt Luke@FoolishGames.com ________________________________________________________ FoolishGames.com (Jewel Fan Site) JustJournal.com (Free blogging) FoolishGames.net (Enemy Territory site)
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