Jason is ABSOLUTELY correct! I went into the BIOS specifically the CMOS
setup and just under the video card option, there is a halt option. I
set it to "halt on: no errors". After that, I unplugged both the
keyboard and mouse on my x86 clone. Guess what, the Unix box boot up
just fine.
On a side note, how did Jason know how to do this? Man, he is good.
>From: "Baker, Jason" >To: Sean Young , [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject:
RE: OT, was RE: Tacacs+ for home Use? and Passed CCIE [7:14417] >Date:
Wed, 1 Aug 2001 10:29:18 +1000 > >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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