Re: keyboardless operation
hi ya...
i think that a server running w/o kb and w/o mouse is a motherboard
problem or the kvm switch problem
- try a different motherboard.... if that works....magic...
- i usually just use intel or asus or tyan mb...
and even that is model dependent for which system
boots from cold power up vs halting/waiting on the missing
mouse and/or missing kb
- if all this is thru a "kvm hardware switch"...guess you need
to put a mouse on each server or buy a more expensive kvm switch
( sometimes the belkin kvm gives us problems...
( cheaper kvm are worst...
- so leave the mouse disconnected on the kvm and everything is happy
- plugging the mouse into a live system sometimes kills the server
( locks up the keyboard and lan.... so there is no option but
( to hit the reset/pwr switch
- sometimes using a different mouse allows you to plug and unplug
the mouse into that particular motherboard but would fail on a different
motherboard
c ya
alvin
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?
> >
> > Thank you
> >
> > Lazar
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