Re: Serial Console mini HOWTO

Matthias Urlichs (smurf@smurf.noris.de)
Thu, 2 May 1996 22:13:46 +0100

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In linux.dev.kernel, article <4m8f22$ds@fido.asd.sgi.com>,
lm@neteng.engr.sgi.com (Larry McVoy) writes:
>=20
> You'll also be bummed to learn that while you can lose the graphics c=
ard=20
> and monitor, most motherboards seem to want a keyboard plugged in to =
boot.
> If anyone has a trick to get rid of this limitation (I'll bet you can=
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> hot wire it somehow), let me know.
>=20
Most BIOSes have a "stop on errors" field by now, which you just have t=
o
set to "never" or, probably better, "all but key[board]". The thing is
likely to beep accusingly when it boots, but it'll continue.

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