On 20 Oct, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> Most rackmount systems are designed for headless operation, so let me
> qualify that most non-rackmount Intel boxes do require Keyboard at
> bootup.
We run LOTS of standard AT, ATX and EBX motherbaords headless. I would
estimate that 95%+ have BIOS options that allow the computer to boot
without a keyboard. I have not seen one that didn't work in ~4 years.
You will find one of the three in your BIOS:
Halt ON: (most common)
Quickboot:
Search for keybaord on boot: (I haven't seen this in a couple years)
Also, different motherboards have different meanings associated with
Quickboot. Some affect the 'keyboard search on boot' and some don't.
Just an FYI
-Travis
>
> On 20 Oct 2000, at 11:43, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>>
>> > One of our beowulf clusters on testdrive is a bunch of DS10s. Most Alpha
>> > systems can boot as headless out of the box. Most (but not all) Intel
>> > systems require keyboard to be attached at bootup.
>>
>> I don't know of a single rackmount intel server vendor that configures
>> their systems to require a keyboard at boot time, unless that's now
>> Compaq ships their RM PC's ;-).
>>
>> Can DS10's do IPMI? Can they be gang managed a-la VACM?
>> (vacm.sourceforge.net)
>>
>> ccb
>
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