Re: booting with no keyboard or moue
On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 09:35:09PM -0600, Elizabeth Barham wrote:
> BIOS. Some BIOS' (notably the older Compaq's) halt on Boot if it can't
...
> I looked for these in the past and I don't recall finding anything (or
> if I did it was above my budget). Your options are rather limited if
> your BIOS errors with no keyboard installed:
>
> 1) Purchase a $5 keyboard at the store, plug it in, boot, leave
> the keyboard plugged in and walk off.
> 2) Bring a keyboard, plug it in, boot, remove the keyboard (but
> hopefully you have a UPS).
I heard on this list that this may cause hardware damage. I had several
accident of unplugging KB and no problem afterward. (I was not on Compaq
but generic MB)
> 3) There are little devices ($50?) that allow you to hook up
> more than one machine to one monitor, one keyboard, and one mouse -
> you select which one you want to use with a button on the
> device. Use it.
Just curios, if pluging PS2 mouse will do or not. That is chaper and
space efficient. :)
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