Unattended boot

Sathe · 01-24-2002, 02:01 PM

my computer beeps on bootup because it detects my keyboard but doesnt get a response from it. i have it on a manual switch, i want to know if there is anyway to tell it to keep going regardless of whether it recieves a repsonse or not, i know what you are thinking, the keyboard in bios is set to ABSENT, so its not bios thats beeping at me, its LINUX

td3201 · 01-26-2002, 10:06 PM

I just unplugged my keyboard from my box and rebooted it fine. My bios is set to ignore the keyboard. I have not seen a case where linux complains about not having a keyboard. What error messages are you seeing exactly? Where does it stop?

Thank you,

DavidPhillips · 01-26-2002, 10:10 PM

I have boxes running without keyboards too

absent may disable the port, do you have ignore?

just a long shot

Sathe · 01-27-2002, 01:16 PM

no, it complains when it detects the keyboard plugged in but doesnt get a response from it.... i can boot with it unplugged

DavidPhillips · 01-27-2002, 10:59 PM

So it is switched off?

you could boot with it on, since you should not have to do much rebooting.