At 12:11 PM 10/20/2000 -0400, Dave Cherkus wrote:
on a similar note i am getting a rs/6000 with 4 work stations. one
problem...the console (root?) passwd is unknown...any ideas? i'm not very
fimilar with AIX...maybe somebody is.
~kurth
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>|>
>|> 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
>|>
>
>Some recent e-mail I saw said you had to set a power-on password,
>then once it was set, you could select Network Server mode in the
>BIOS screens. This mode bypasses the keyboard check.
>
>Dave
>
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