nothing to do with the operating system on intel boxes.
If you set your BIOS to stop on all errors if no keyboard is plugged in your
box will not boot whether it is NT or linux.
If you set BIOS to ignore these errors the system will boot.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sean Young [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, 1 August 2001 10:38 am
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: OT, was RE: Tacacs+ for home Use? and Passed CCIE
> [7:14417]
>
> I run RedHat 7.1 with kernel 2.4.7 on a Dell Optiplex 700 MHz with no
> keyboard and mouse. Didn't have to do anything unusual like disabling it
> in the BIOS. By the way, I control the Unix/Linux box via Terminal
> server.
>
> >From: "Jonathan Hays" >Reply-To: "Jonathan Hays" >To:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: OT, was RE: Tacacs+ for home Use? and
> Passed CCIE [7:14417] >Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 19:51:31 -0400 > >Not
> always possible. > >"Roberts, Timothy" wrote: > > > Disable it in the
> bios. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jonathan Hays
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 4:20 PM > >
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: OT, was RE: Tacacs+ for home
> Use? and Passed CCIE written > > [7:14413] > > > > No keyboard? It
> depends. > > > > While it's true that native UNIX workstations (Sun, HP,
> etc.) will run > > "headless", most > > Intel x86 boxes I have
> encountered require you to plug in a keyboard or the > > machine > >
> won't boot, regardless of the OS installed. Or is there a way around this
> I > > don't know > > about? > > --- > > Jonathan > > > > Symon Thurlow
> wrote: > > > > > I agree with Carroll, I have been predominantly MS and
> Novell, but have > > > started to learn Linux. It isn't hard if you have
> a good grounding in > > > Networking/IP/Network OS's. It is just a matter
> of finding/learning the > > > commands. > > > > > > Another beauty of a
> *nix box; you only need two cables for it, power and > > > network.
> Forget screen, keyboard, mouse... > > > > > > Symon > > > > > >
> -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > > > Carroll Kong > > > Sent:
> 31 July 2001 00:32 > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re:
> Tacacs+ for home Use? and Passed CCIE written today > > > [7:14288] > > >
> > > > At 06:40 PM 7/30/01 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Timothy Ouellette)
> wrote: > > > >Hello all. I just passed my CCIE today (very happy). I was
> not as > > > >difficult as I expected (possibly over studied for it, if
> that's > > > >possible). Anyways, I am about to embark on the long
> journey to > > > >complete the CCIE by taking the lab. I have my own home
> lab and I was > > > >wondering if there is a free version of Tacacs+ out
> there? I know > > > >cisco has a Unix version they supply but I don't run
> Unix here at home > > > >(win2k for my lab) and I was wondering if anyone
> could help. Thanks > > > >for your time! > > > > > > > >Tim > > > > > >
> Congratulations on passing the CCIE Written! > > > > > > I guess you
> might be out of luck. Here are some of your options > > > > > > a)
> continue searching for a free version of TACACS+ for Windows. > > > b)
> Buy Cisco Secure ACS. > > > c) Get an old machine and install Linux,
> Solaris x86, FreeBSD, NetBSD, >or > > > OpenBSD and grab tacacs+ from > >
> > http://www.gazi.edu.tr/tacacs/ > > > d) Port the code yourself from
> Unix to Windows. > > > > > > Obviously there is a certain time host
> inherent to the last three > > > options. You should certainly weigh out
> the costs, as ALL of the options > > > have an inherent cost to it, even
> a). Personally, I think learning Unix > > is > > > not so bad (maybe I am
> biased after all of these years) and may only take > > > perhaps a week
> of your time (if you are a fast learner, one day) if you > > > want to
> just get TACACS+ on it. You can consider multi-booting, but then > > >
> you will have to take out more time to make sure you do not fry your > >
> > machine. I hope you do know a lot about partitioning on x86 > > >
> hardware. :) It honestly is not that bad, win2k's bootloader is quite > >
> > friendly with booting the unices. On the side, I do not think TACACS+
> is > > a > > > requirement for the lab. Not that it is a good reason to
> not learn > > > TACACS+. Every CCIE should learn that eventually, on at
> least one > > platform. > > > > > > If you install FreeBSD, you may run
> into issues compiling the code, I > > > patched it so it can work on it.
> (not as hard as it sounds, only a small > > > line change). If you choose
> that route, I can help you patch the code so > > > it will compile on
> FreeBSD. Good luck! > > > > > > -Carroll Kong >-- >Jonathan Hays > > > >
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