Re: booting with no keyboard or moue
You might want to take a look in the bios settings, usally the advanced
settings, I know some IBM systems offer a way to allow you to boot without
kbd/monitor (I have 4 that allow this).
John
On Saturday 16 February 2002 23:06, Alvin Oga wrote:
> hi ya Mike
>
> to boot w/o kb is tricky.... mouse is less of an issue
> - and yeah...cant hit F1 to continue if there is no kb
> plugged in
>
> - if you can be there ... its easiest to just plug in the kb ...
> reboot it... and unplug it when the kb is needed on another pc
>
> - went poking around to see why kvm switches was so expensive..
>
> - probably can use a wireless kb to aim it at the pc being rebooted??
>
> some fake kb adaptors...
> http://www.vetra.com/Elimina2.htm
> http://www.raritan.com/products_gdn.html
>
> http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/websearch/a01e61042c57d9778625684300572489
>?OpenDocument
>
> am just wondering... why dont we just insert a pull up or pulldown
> resistor on the transmit port of the keyboard connector...
>
> donno if the linuxbios project allows for "keyboard-less" boots
>
> have fun
> alvin
> http://www.Linux-1U.net . how do you backup a terabyte disk system.. :-)
>
> On 16 Feb 2002, Elizabeth Barham wrote:
> > "Mike Millner" <mike@mikeshome.com> writes:
> > > Is it a function of the hardware bios or the OS to be able to boot
> > > without a keyboard or mouse? I have a Debian Potato system that is
> > > up and running. I want to be able to boot the system with no
> > > keyboard or mouse plugged in. I SSH to it when I need to check it or
> > > do anything.
> >
> > BIOS. Some BIOS' (notably the older Compaq's) halt on Boot if it can't
> > find a keyboard (but if you plug in a monitor it says something like
> > "Press F1 to Configure, F2 to continue"). To the best of my knowledge
> > this is unconfigurable for these older Compaq's.
> >
> > > If it is hardware anyone know where I can get a dummy mouse and
> > > dummy keyboard?
> >
> > 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).
> > 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.
> >
> > I generally just go with No. 1.
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