Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 23:23:24 -0700 From: "Jamie Hermans" <freebsd@hermans.ca> To: "'Alexander Thorp'" <atecsc@yahoo.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Compaq with no keyboard - how to boot? Message-ID: <003101c16e67$3269dcd0$6420a8c0@otidan> In-Reply-To: <20011114095453.44335.qmail@web20802.mail.yahoo.com>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of > Alexander Thorp > Sent: November 14, 2001 2:55 am > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Compaq with no keyboard - how to boot? > > Does anybody know a way to make it boot without a > keyboard attached, e.g. secret set-up command or > motherboard jumper setting? Get into the Compaq BIOS (whether by floppy, SmartStart CD or System Partition), press ^A at the main menu, and you should get a notice about entering Advanced Config Mode. It's a somewhat undocumented feature that I tripped over a while back when I was trying to get SMP working on a Prosignia 500... Lots of extra settings that you would find in most "normal" BIOS's - including a switch to ignore missing keyboards :) -- Jamie To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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