Re: Setting up a headless Debian box
Confirming what Henry penned. Sometimes the BIOS will pause and wait for you at attach a keyboard and press a key before continuing to boot. Sometimes, the BIOS will give you an option to boot anyways. So if either (1) your BIOS doesn't care if your keyboard is attached, or (2) your BIOS can care, but is set to ignore it during boot, then you should be good to go. If you do have an unfortunate BIOS that require a keyboard and doesn't let you disable that check, you might have to plug in a keyboard during boot, which you can then remove after its presence has made the BIOS happy. However, once the BIOS has handed off control to Linux, in Henry's wise words, "Linux does not care". (smile) -tim On April 14, 2017, Henry Yen wrote: > On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 12:15:38PM -0500, John J. Boyer wrote: > > What I'm concerned about is whether the box will boot without a > > keyboard. If I shut it down and later press the power button will > > it boot? > > Whether or not a box will boot without a keyboard is a function of > the firmware/bios of the box. Typically there's a bios/setup > selection option called "Halt On Error?", with choices of "All" or > "All except keyboard". The former will prevent the box from booting > if no keyboard is detected while the latter will not. > > Linux does not care. > > ___ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
Re: Setting up a headless Debian box
Henry is right. It's been so many years since I've come across a BIOS configured that way that I forgot it could be a problem. So it's possible that your machine might not boot without a keyboard but it's pretty unlikely. On 04/14/2017 01:11 PM, Henry Yen wrote: On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 12:15:38PM -0500, John J. Boyer wrote: What I'm concerned about is whether the box will boot without a keyboard. If I shut it down and later press the power button will it boot? Whether or not a box will boot without a keyboard is a function of the firmware/bios of the box. Typically there's a bios/setup selection option called "Halt On Error?", with choices of "All" or "All except keyboard". The former will prevent the box from booting if no keyboard is detected while the latter will not. Linux does not care. ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
Re: Setting up a headless Debian box
On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 12:15:38PM -0500, John J. Boyer wrote: > What I'm concerned about is whether the box will boot without a > keyboard. If I shut it down and later press the power button will it > boot? Whether or not a box will boot without a keyboard is a function of the firmware/bios of the box. Typically there's a bios/setup selection option called "Halt On Error?", with choices of "All" or "All except keyboard". The former will prevent the box from booting if no keyboard is detected while the latter will not. Linux does not care. ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
Re: Setting up a headless Debian box
Are you asking if you can disconnect the keyboard and monitor after you've finished the install? If so, absolutely. This is a fairly common thing in the server world. Just yesterday I did a debian install with just a keyboard and braille display attached. Worked great. There are several ways to do an install without ever attaching a keyboard. They are non-trivial though. I'll explain how I do it if that's what you want to know. On 04/14/2017 08:31 AM, John J. Boyer wrote: I have an oldder machine that I want to use mainly for backup. It will be accessed by ssh, rsync, etc. So it doesn't need a monitor or keyboard. How do i set this up? Thanks, John ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
