Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2005 16:46:29 +0200 From: =?UTF-8?B?UHJ6ZW15c8WCYXcgTm93YWN6eWs=?= <p_nowaczyk@o2.pl> To: David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: headless server... Message-ID: <42A704C5.8090003@o2.pl> In-Reply-To: <20050608143821.GC499@bunrab.catwhisker.org> References: <42A6C6A7.7040600@o2.pl> <42A6C7A8.3090404@pacific.net.sg> <42A6CCD9.5090404@o2.pl> <42A6D3C0.5080705@pacific.net.sg> <42A6F8FB.1020800@o2.pl> <42A6FD3E.2000503@pacific.net.sg> <42A6FE72.2010600@o2.pl> <20050608142529.GB499@bunrab.catwhisker.org> <42A700B5.6080902@o2.pl> <20050608143821.GC499@bunrab.catwhisker.org>
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David Wolfskill wrote:
>
> I'm no expert on PC hardware, but that sounds as if the BIOS is
> deliberately probing the monitor, and if it finds "no monitor," it is
> not only refusing to boot, but refusing to drive the video card.
>
> That seems perverse in the extreme.
>
> And makes that board ill-suited for the taks at hand (headless server).
>
> I don't know the situation where you are, but my inclination at this
> point would be to "cut my losses" and stop trying to make it work for
> that function. And acquire a different system (or system board) for the
> function.
>
> Peace,
> david
Well.. I didn't thought about this box as a top priority server so as
You say I'll propablly leave it as is.. but it's a shame that a good and
"healthy" box will stay in the corner and collect dust :P
I'm wondering only if it's posiblle that it's the power supply fault
(it's an AT Power Supply)..
thanks,
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Przemysław Nowaczyk | e-mail: p_nowaczyk@o2.pl
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