Re: keyboardless operation
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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