in 4.0? No connections were
dropped that I could see.
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Jeffrey J. Mountin wrote to Ryan Thompson:
> At 09:19 PM 3/10/00 -0600, Ryan Thompson wrote:
> >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 pri
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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Brian Dean wrote to Ryan Thompson:
> Ryan Thompson wrote:
> > Thanks for the info. When I have another $500 burning a hole in my
> > checkbook, I will probably order another keyboard, just so I have
> > another one, if nothing else. :-)
>
> Why not just get a dec
Mike Smith wrote to Ryan Thompson:
> > "Don't have a keyboard" != "No keyboard detected" != "Serial Console".
>
> No keyboard detected -> local console won't be used -> use serial console
Yes, that would seem to sum up the current
Kazutaka YOKOTA wrote to Ryan Thompson:
> It sounds like the keyboard interface of your motherboard has somewhat
> become flaky; it may even be broken.
>
> It is NOT recommended that you attach or detach the keyboard while the
> power is on. The keyboard interface of the PC mot
Mike Smith wrote to Ryan Thompson:
> > > >Isn't there a better way to identify a serial console?
> > >
> > > I don't understand. What do you expect the boot loader to do?
> >
> > I'm not sure, that's why I asked the list :-)
dn't hang... console message were still being displayed. I
ended up rebooting the thing remotely, and after that, the keyboard
functioned normally.
If somebody can tell me what else to check, I can try and provide a few
mroe details.
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Kazutaka YOKOTA wrote to Ryan Thompson:
> >Maybe there is a valid reason for this, but when I attempt to boot the 4.0
> >kern.flp without a keyboard attached (I share one keyboard between four
> >systems, here), it displays keyboard: no and the BTX loader message, and
> &
could
the loader at least not display a message on the local monitor like
"Switching output to serial console...", or better yet, "Switching output
to serial console in 10 seconds.. press any key to abort"?
IMO, something like the above might avoid some confusion in the future
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