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peDey
08-22-2003, 02:25 AM
I'm running Redhat 7.3, and it runs fine apart from the fact that a monitor has to be plugged into the PC for it to boot up.
I'm using the the computer primarily as a development webserver, and due to physical space restrictions I don't really want a permanent keyoard or monitor for it as it's set up nicely and I can access it using SSH.
Is this possible, and if so, how? Any help greatly appreciated.
kevinalm
08-22-2003, 02:38 AM
I've never actually set up a computer without monitor or keyboard, but I beleive you must enter the bios setup and disable "halt on errors" or something to that effect. As I recall not all computers can be run headless. It depends on the options in the bios.
peDey
08-22-2003, 03:07 AM
thanks kevinalm, but I've already got "Halt On:" set to "NoErrors" in my BIOS setup. The other "Halt On" options are "All, but keyboard", "All, but Diskette", "All, but Disk/Key", "All Errors".
Any other ideas?
If the BIOS doesn't like it, then I'm afraid you may not be able to run your PC without a monitor.
Perhaps you could run it without a keyboard and set HaltOn to All But Keyboard?
plattypus1
08-22-2003, 04:28 AM
It sounds like you can't run your computer in monitorless mode. I've got a headless web server myself, and I had to go into the BIOS and specifically tell it to allow monitorless operation.
peDey
08-22-2003, 04:51 AM
Originally posted by plattypus1
It sounds like you can't run your computer in monitorless mode. I've got a headless web server myself, and I had to go into the BIOS and specifically tell it to allow monitorless operation.
Can you possibly tell me where you set this in your BIOS, or what the actual setting is called?
Originally posted by peDey
Can you possibly tell me where you set this in your BIOS, or what the actual setting is called? That would vary between different makes and versions of BIOSes, and not all BIOSes even have the option.