any advice for this one. I have a bunch of boxes here that work fine with no keyboard.
Thanks. ----- Forwarded message from Zinx Verituse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- > Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 17:32:29 -0600 > From: Zinx Verituse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Debian Bug Tracking System <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Bug#139774: grub: GRUB hangs until keyboard is plugged in > > Package: grub > Version: 0.91-2 > Severity: normal > > I'm trying to boot GRUB without a keyboard, and it's hanging > after displaying 'GRUB loading, please wait...' (The stage 1.5 > is loaded at this point, the stage2 is presumably loading). > > If I insert the keyboard while it's hung, it will continue > normally. > > lilo doesn't have this problem, but I don't like lilo. > > Linux doesn't lock trying to access the keyboard either, > though it does say it timed out trying to talk with it a few > times during the boot sequence, before the init scripts. > > This is rather important to me at the moment, as I don't want > to have to plug a keyboard in to this box every time I need > to boot it :) > > Other things of interest: > This is running on a M919 motherboard (w/ non-flashable BIOS, > dated 1996), with a 133MHz AMD 5x86, and 32mb of RAM. > The keyboard is AT-style, in case that makes a difference. > > > The B: floppy light (a 5.25") stays on until GRUB is started, > where it then switches to the A: floppy (a 3.5"). > > The A: floppy light stays on until stage2 is loaded (i think, > i wasn't paying much attention.. it's off now.) > > I don't really think the floppy lights matter... just interesting > to note ;) > > -- System Information > Debian Release: 3.0 > Architecture: i386 > Kernel: Linux obsolesence 2.4.18-pcsp #3 Sat Mar 23 22:22:14 CST 2002 i486 > Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C > > Versions of packages grub depends on: > ii libc6 2.2.5-3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an > ii libncurses5 5.2.20020112a-5 Shared libraries for terminal hand > > ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Jason Thomas Phone: +61 2 6257 7111 System Administrator - UID 0 Fax: +61 2 6257 7311 tSA Consulting Group Pty. Ltd. Mobile: 0418 29 66 81 1 Hall Street Lyneham ACT 2602 http://www.topic.com.au/ _______________________________________________ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub