[buug] boot without keyboard?

Will Sargent will_sargent at yahoo.com
Sun May 5 22:55:07 PDT 2002


> Hey all, I'm hoping that someone might be able to help me out with an
> annoying problem with a Compaq workstation.  The machine's BIOS refuses to
> boot the computer if it doesn't detect a keyboard (if I recall correctly,
> it gives a 386 error). I'm wondering there's a way around that?  I've gone
> through the BIOS and can't find anything (it's a custom Compaq BIOS; very
> restricted).

> My guess is that I'm just going to have to buy a used keyboard to keep
> plugged in all the time.  But that conflicts with my aesthetic
> sensibility; if someone has another suggestion, I'm all ears.

10 bucks for a compusa keyboard; make sure that the bios is locked down with
a password, strip off all the keys, and disable ctrl-alt-delete as a synonym
for 'shutdown -r now' and that should be it.

Will.





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