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 Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=14415&t=14415 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
