Re: keyboardless operation
Yes it is and AT keyboard, and there is no problem with BIOS as far as I
understand, because it starts to load the kernel. If a keyboard must be
present, does any one know who to make a "plug" to make the computer think
that there is a keyboard attached?
Thank you
Lazar
On Sat, 2 Sep 2000, Philip C Mendelsohn wrote:
> Is this an AT style keyboard? I found that some if not all older AT
> keyboards need to be present for the system to complete the BIOS boot seq.
>
> Hope that helps.
> Phil Mendelsohn
>
> On Fri, 1 Sep 2000, Lazar Fleysher wrote:
>
> > It stops after "Console: colour VGA+ 80x25"... basically the first boot
> > message..
> >
> > On Fri, 1 Sep 2000, Nate Amsden wrote:
> >
> > > where does the system stop booting ? i have many machines without a
> > > keyboard running they run fine. i read that linux 2.4 is including new
> > > code to enable systems withouyt keyboards to boot..probably a kernel
> > > workaround for what the bios should handle on it's own(and does handle
> > > on the vast majority of boards made in the past 5 years)
> > >
> > > nate
> > >
> > > Lazar Fleysher wrote:
> > > >
> > > > HI
> > > >
> > > > I would like to operate a machine without a keyboard (in server mode)
> > > > The keyboard is disabled in bios, but the system does not boot without it.
> > > > Should I compile the kernel in a special way?
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