Subject: Re: booting with keyboard disabled
To: Brook Milligan <brook@biology.nmsu.edu>
From: Eric Delcamp <e.delcamp@wanadoo.fr>
List: port-i386
Date: 05/09/2000 10:35:12
Hi !

I have several machines that boot without a keyboard, and with no special
bootcode or anything.
Maybe an option in your bios ?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brook Milligan" <brook@biology.nmsu.edu>
To: <port-i386@netbsd.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2000 1:50 AM
Subject: booting with keyboard disabled


> I would like to boot a netbsd/i386 box with the keyboard disabled in
> the bios (and disconnected).  I can disable/disconnect the keyboard,
> but the 1.4.2 bootcode hangs after printing the loading message (i.e.,
> xxxxx+xxxxx+[xxxx+xxx] or whatever).
>
> What tricks are needed to have the bootcode ignore the keyboard
> altogether (i.e., I don't really want a serial console)?