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Date:      Tue, 4 Jul 2000 19:33:26 +0200
From:      Wilko Bulte <wkb@chello.nl>
To:        Bill <bwoods2@uswest.net>
Cc:        freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Headless Alpha??
Message-ID:  <20000704193326.A243@freebie.wbnet>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007040107430.1471-100000@alpha.gplsucks.org>; from bwoods2@uswest.net on Tue, Jul 04, 2000 at 01:09:01AM -0700
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007040107430.1471-100000@alpha.gplsucks.org>

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On Tue, Jul 04, 2000 at 01:09:01AM -0700, Bill wrote:
> I have a DEC Alpha 200 4/233 that I would like to run headless. In the
> situation that I need to reboot (Make world, kerne;l complile) how can I
> tell this thing its OK to boot up without keyboard and monitor?

If it does not find a keyboard it assumes a serial console. There is also
a SRM variable 'console' or similar that you can set (>>> SHOW CONSOLE)

-- 
Wilko Bulte  	 	http://www.freebsd.org  "Do, or do not. There is no try"
wilko@freebsd.org	http://www.nlfug.nl	Yoda - The Empire Strikes Back


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