On Monday 19 December 2005 16:31, Ognjen Bezanov wrote: > I have an old (AMD K5) 300Mhz PC which I want to install Linux on (and > use headless for music streaming) but it requires an AT keyboard (which > I dont have). The Issue is that the BIOS refuses to go past post, asking > me to plug in a keyboard. > > My question is this: Is there any way to make the PC think an AT > keyboard is connected (e.g. by shorting two pins). I googled around for > ages with no avail, hence why im doing this (Rather off-topic) post to > this list.
If you can't get a PS2<->AT keybord adapter, you can made one yourself from DIN+mini connectors and piece of cable. Your situation is typical case I usually comment system administrator shoud have soldering skill... Connector:PS2 1 data 2 reserved 3 GND 4 +5V 5 clock 6 reserved AT keyboard connector Connector: 5 pin DIN 1 clock 2 data 3 NC 4 GND 5 +5V Quickest way is to get a cheapest PS/2 keyboard you can and put a DIN-5 connector on it instead of PS/2 one. referrence: http://teryx.bobdbob.com/~protius/pinouts/ check it triple on some other sites, just to be sure -- Petr -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
