From owner-freebsd-stable Sun Sep 22 23:34:58 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 252BA37B401 for ; Sun, 22 Sep 2002 23:34:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from carver.gumbysoft.com (carver.gumbysoft.com [66.220.23.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC02343E42 for ; Sun, 22 Sep 2002 23:34:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gumbysoft.com) Received: by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 3DD4572FCC; Sun, 22 Sep 2002 23:32:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3AF1E72FC5 for ; Sun, 22 Sep 2002 23:32:14 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2002 23:32:14 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Keyboard detection broken on Compaq Proliant DL320 In-Reply-To: <200209221135.g8MBZ50b018706@lurza.secnetix.de> Message-ID: <20020922233048.L65887-100000@carver.gumbysoft.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 22 Sep 2002, Oliver Fromme wrote: > I have noticed that keyboard detection seems to be broken > on Compaq Proliant DL320 machines. It _always_ detects a > keyboard, even if none is connected, and tries to boot with > VGA/kbd as the console instead of serial. This is pretty > bad, because the DL320 are 1U rack servers, meant to be run > headless. It's impossible to install these machines from > CD-ROM with a terminal server. :-( Some systems have a BIOS option that forces the keyboard to be detected. You might check if the DL320 has such an option. I remember when that was a feature our company explicitly looked for so we could wheel up the crashcart to a busted box, plug in the keyboard, and have it actually respond. Nowadays, its all term servers and serial console. Oh for the days .... :-) -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message