> > > see above :)
> > 
> > The problem is that I do not think that such an option exists on my
> > computer.  (I had a similar discussion to this one about a year or so ago,
> i've never seen BIOS without "halt on" options.
> select "all except kbd/video" or something like this

See above.  I'm pretty sure that this simply is not supported with the
BIOS that Gateway put in my machine.  Also, see below: It just isn't worth
messing with.

Thanks for the input, though.  If I ever (for whatever bizarre
reason) want to remove the card from my Gateway, I'll give it another
look.  I could well have missed it when I first tried to boot it w/o any
video card.


> > I think, on some other BIOS-related topic.  What I gathered was that some
> > manufacturers (such as Gateway, say) sometimes have custom versions of
> > BIOS created for them by BIOS-writing companies.  Certain features
> > sometimes get removed from such custom versions.  Hence, options that
> > others have on ``the same'' BIOS in their machines may not exist in my
> > machine.)
> > 
> > It's possible that with enough fiddling I could coax the old Gateway
> > machine to boot without a video card.  I don't see the point in trying,
> > since it already has a ``spare'' card that lets it boot.  It's not as if
> > I'm giving up space/electricity for a second monitor; it just has a
> > relatively unimpressive card in it saying ``I'm a video output'' to keep
> > BIOS happy.  It's done.  It works.  It's happy.  So, I'm happy.  (^&
> > 
> > 
> >   "I probably don't know what I'm talking about." --rauch@eecs.ukans.edu
> > 
> 
> 

  "I probably don't know what I'm talking about." --rauch@eecs.ukans.edu