Not always possible.
"Roberts, Timothy" wrote:
> Disable it in the bios.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Hays [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 4:20 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: OT, was RE: Tacacs+ for home Use? and Passed CCIE written
> [7:14413]
>
> No keyboard? It depends.
>
> While it's true that native UNIX workstations (Sun, HP, etc.) will run
> "headless", most
> Intel x86 boxes I have encountered require you to plug in a keyboard or the
> machine
> won't boot, regardless of the OS installed. Or is there a way around this I
> don't know
> about?
> ---
> Jonathan
>
> Symon Thurlow wrote:
>
> > I agree with Carroll, I have been predominantly MS and Novell, but have
> > started to learn Linux. It isn't hard if you have a good grounding in
> > Networking/IP/Network OS's. It is just a matter of finding/learning the
> > commands.
> >
> > Another beauty of a *nix box; you only need two cables for it, power and
> > network. Forget screen, keyboard, mouse...
> >
> > Symon
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> > Carroll Kong
> > Sent: 31 July 2001 00:32
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: Tacacs+ for home Use? and Passed CCIE written today
> > [7:14288]
> >
> > At 06:40 PM 7/30/01 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Timothy Ouellette) wrote:
> > >Hello all. I just passed my CCIE today (very happy). I was not as
> > >difficult as I expected (possibly over studied for it, if that's
> > >possible). Anyways, I am about to embark on the long journey to
> > >complete the CCIE by taking the lab. I have my own home lab and I was
> > >wondering if there is a free version of Tacacs+ out there? I know
> > >cisco has a Unix version they supply but I don't run Unix here at home
> > >(win2k for my lab) and I was wondering if anyone could help. Thanks
> > >for your time!
> > >
> > >Tim
> >
> > Congratulations on passing the CCIE Written!
> >
> > I guess you might be out of luck. Here are some of your options
> >
> > a) continue searching for a free version of TACACS+ for Windows.
> > b) Buy Cisco Secure ACS.
> > c) Get an old machine and install Linux, Solaris x86, FreeBSD, NetBSD,
or
> > OpenBSD and grab tacacs+ from
> > http://www.gazi.edu.tr/tacacs/
> > d) Port the code yourself from Unix to Windows.
> >
> > Obviously there is a certain time host inherent to the last three
> > options. You should certainly weigh out the costs, as ALL of the options
> > have an inherent cost to it, even a). Personally, I think learning Unix
> is
> > not so bad (maybe I am biased after all of these years) and may only take
> > perhaps a week of your time (if you are a fast learner, one day) if you
> > want to just get TACACS+ on it. You can consider multi-booting, but then
> > you will have to take out more time to make sure you do not fry your
> > machine. I hope you do know a lot about partitioning on x86
> > hardware. :) It honestly is not that bad, win2k's bootloader is quite
> > friendly with booting the unices. On the side, I do not think TACACS+ is
> a
> > requirement for the lab. Not that it is a good reason to not learn
> > TACACS+. Every CCIE should learn that eventually, on at least one
> platform.
> >
> > If you install FreeBSD, you may run into issues compiling the code, I
> > patched it so it can work on it. (not as hard as it sounds, only a small
> > line change). If you choose that route, I can help you patch the code so
> > it will compile on FreeBSD. Good luck!
> >
> > -Carroll Kong
--
Jonathan Hays
Message Posted at:
http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=14417&t=14417
--------------------------------------------------
FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html
Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
