On Fri, 20 Feb 2004, systems engineer wrote:

> set these prom variables appropriately:
>
>      AutoLoad          Controls whether the system boots automatically on
>                        reset or power cycle.  Can be set to Yes or No.
>                        Previously, this function was controlled by setting
>                        bootmode to c or m.  This variable is overridden by the
>                        rebound variable and the reboot_on_panic kernel tunable
>                        parameter.  This variable is stored in nonvolatile RAM.
>
>      autopower         Specifies whether a setting of y allows a system with
>                        software power control to automatically power back on
>                        after an AC power failure.  The default setting of n
>                        requires the power switch to be pressed to restart the
>                        system.  This variable is stored in nonvolatile RAM.
>
>      rebound           Specifies that the system should automatically reboot
>                        after a kernel panic if this variable is set to y.  The
>                        variable interacts with the AutoLoad variable and the
>                        reboot_on_panic kernel tunable parameter.
>
>

If you want it to come up even if NO KEYBOARD ATTACHED, set the variable
"nogfxkbd" to 1. (Goto command monitor (5), then "setenv nogfxkbd 1").

!!!! ATTENTION !!!!

If you ever want to get a serial console on booting again, you have to
attach a keyboard, press <ESC> on startup, then press <5>, then <unsetenv
nogfxkbd>, then <off>.

Power up again and you'll get that serial console on keyboard failure
again.

Florian