On Thu, 2002-12-26 at 23:31, Curtis Spencer wrote: > I have it set up for Halt On: no error on that BIOS setting, yet > strangely I still cannot boot up. I disconnect all peripherals > including the keyboard, but leave just the monitor, and I can watch it > boot up just fine. The kernel output just complains that no AT keyboard > is present but I am able to SSH into the system. > > I have done some more investigating with disconnecting the monitor at > different times and it seems that once it passes the POST, I can > disconnect the monitor and it will continue to boot up fine. It seems > that it needs the monitor at POST. I think this is no longer a problem > with debian, but perhaps someone might have an idea. It is a Elsa > Geforce 2 Vid Card by the way and KT7 Raid.
Is there a way, from the BIOS setup, to bypass POST, or do a "quick POST"? > -----Original Message----- > From: dave mallery [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of dave > mallery > Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2002 8:48 AM > To: Curtis Spencer > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Booting without a monitor: No Go > > hi > > look on the first page of the cmos setup for an option that > says: stop on .... > > it probably says "any error" for sure if it says that, it will stop > with no keyboard attached and never boot. -- +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://members.cox.net/ron.l.johnson | | | | "My advice to you is to get married: If you find a good wife, | | you will be happy; if not, you will become a philosopher." | | Socrates | +---------------------------------------------------------------+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]