On Fri, Dec 27, 2002 at 01:02:01AM -0600, Gerald Livingston wrote: | On 27 Dec 2002 00:49:30 -0600 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > On Thu, 2002-12-26 at 23:31, Curtis Spencer wrote:
| > > 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"?
|
| It's probably the video card bios halting when it can't configure itself
| to the 'detected' monitor (which isn't detected because it isn't there).
I think this is likely. I can't boot this machine without a monitor
plugged in (SiS 6326 AGP video card). The old Gateway2000 router I
have doesn't care if it has a monitor or not.
-D
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