Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 10:26:05 -0500 From: Greg Groth <ggroth@gregs-garage.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: next episode, continuing saga Message-ID: <4514008D.2000601@gregs-garage.com> In-Reply-To: <D1516E5F-C055-4D64-86E4-80EF154E4F83@hackmiester.com> References: <a1635b279a9b16806bb48112b8cf3190@prodigy.net> <20060921223331.18a8d05c.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> <200609220741.02811.mario.lobo@ipad.com.br> <4513F20D.2000807@gregs-garage.com> <D1516E5F-C055-4D64-86E4-80EF154E4F83@hackmiester.com>
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hackmiester (Hunter Fuller) wrote: > > On 22 September 2006, at 09:24, Greg Groth wrote: > >> Mario Lobo wrote: >>> On Friday 22 September 2006 02:33, Bill Moran wrote: >>>> jekillen <jekillen@prodigy.net> wrote: >>>>> Hello again; >>>>> With FreeBSD and in general, If the monitor is turned off >>>>> is it safe to disconnect it from the machine while the machine >>>>> is running? >>>>> AMD64 socket 754 with separate PCI video card on ECS >>>>> motherboard; no Xwindows installed. if it makes a difference. >>>>> >>>>> want to run the machine headless without shutting it down to >>>>> switch the monitor to another machine. >>>> Yes. It's safe to do that with any OS I'm familiar with. >>> And the keyboard & mouse too. > > The keyboard and mouse are NOT supposed to be hot plugged if they are > PS/2 (although I must admit I haven't had any issues, but I wouldn't > risk a dead PS/2 controller on a production box). USB ones don't care. > The neat thing about that is you can have your machine boot with no > keyboard, you can plug in a USB one and then hook up a monitor and have > a head all of a sudden. This is handy when your box's sshd dies for some > reason, which has happened to me once... >> >> I've never had any issues, provided I set the option to NOT halt on >> keyboard errors at boot in the bios. >> >> Best regards, >> Greg Groth I've never hot-swapped a keyboard, although I have unplugged one from a running machine with no issues. Best regards, Greg Groth
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