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David

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Jul 18, 2001, 9:24:35 AM7/18/01
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Good morning All! Just a quick question. I am having trouble booting
an ultra-5 headless. Now...it will continue to boot _with_ the keyboard
attached, but will not boot without the keyboard. Is there any file(s)
that i can modify to tell the system to not boot with monitor and
keyboard?

Thanks!

Wazir Shpoon

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Jul 18, 2001, 10:40:22 AM7/18/01
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As long as you don't have a keyboard or monitor attached to the system, it
will boot (..or should I say "should boot").

-Wazir
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Dan

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Jul 18, 2001, 12:12:56 PM7/18/01
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Try:-

To change it from the command line before you pull the keyboard out, type the
following as root:

kbd -a disable

When you've reconnected the keyboard to the host, type:

kbd -a enable

Darren Dunham

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Jul 18, 2001, 2:40:03 PM7/18/01
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Sometimes the serial port hangs waiting to talk to a device when the
console is redirected there. You might want to check the following
eeprom settings...

ttya-rts-dtr-off=false
ttya-ignore-cd=true

You could check the boot with a terminal attached to serial port A (or a
computer with a terminal emulator and a null modem cable).

If you let the computer sit after being powered on, but it boots
immediately after attaching a cable to the serial port, then you
probably have a carrier-detect problem or such with the eeprom settings.

--
Darren Dunham ddu...@taos.com
Unix System Administrator Taos - The SysAdmin Company
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David Nester

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Jul 18, 2001, 3:36:47 PM7/18/01
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that was it! thanks a ton!

david

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