Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 10:09:37 -0500 From: Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> To: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: adding keyboard after reboot with no keyboard ... Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20070410100710.025273c8@mail.computinginnovations.com> In-Reply-To: <DB1C681FBA350242795277B4@ganymede.hub.org> References: <DB1C681FBA350242795277B4@ganymede.hub.org>
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At 09:55 AM 4/10/2007, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
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>I hate it when a subject doesn't easily present itself ... but ...
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>Is there something that I'm missing, such that if I add a keyboard to a
>server
>*after* rebooting it with no keyboard, that will have that keyboard
>recognized?
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>Basically, I have several remote servers, with no keyboards, but if I need a
>tech to check something on the console (ie. the ethernet went down for some
>reason), when they plug a keyboard back in again, there is no signal until
>they
>actually power cycle the machine ... which of course, is too late to do any
>diagnosis :(
>
>Thx ...
This is a limitation of the hardware in the keyboards and the
motherboards. The only solution I have found is to use a KVM switch which
keeps the keyboard and mouse ports active during bootups.
-Derek
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