keyboardless, headless suggestion

dalen dalen at czexan.net
Fri Jan 23 18:43:06 UTC 2004


Neal D. Becker wrote:
> I am interested in purchasing some cheap PC (e.g., wal-mart special) to use
> for a server.  Is there anything special I would need to do to boot up
> Fedora on such a device, with no monitor, keyboard, or mouse attached?  (I
> know the monitor and mouse should not be a problem, but in the past I've
> seen machines that wouldn't pass POST without a keyboard).

Neal,
	As others have suggested, most new PCs bios will let you boot without a 
keyboard.  If not, take apart an old keyboard.  Remove the small circuit 
board and place in a Radio Shack project box.  Then hang this dongle off 
the back of your PC.  I've done this for E-Smith boxes in the past.

Thanks,

Dale





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