Jeffrey J. Mountin wrote to Mike Smith:
> At 05:54 PM 3/10/00 -0800, Mike Smith wrote:
> >Since you can't safely hot-plug the PC keyboard, that wouldn't be very
> >smart. The only way to auto-detect the use of a serial console is to
> >look for a keyboard; if one isn't plugged in, there's no local console,
> >end of story.
>
> Can't safely? Why the hell not?
>
> Been hot-swapping keyboards for many years without *any* problems. Old DIN
> style and PS2, doesn't matter. Even Doze doesn't mind.
Me as well...For at least a decade. I used to do it manually all the
time, but had occasional glitches with funny scan codes and indicator
statuses. With a mid-range priced switch, though, I have had no problems
whatsoever.
> If/when this does change, wishing there will be a way to override back to
> the current behaviour. IMO, serial console should be explicitly called for.
Amen. If I can't boot a system to the local console without a keyboard,
that system isn't very useful.
If the default DOES change, you should be able to change your boot.config
to remove the -P option.
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