No Keyboard = No Boot (was: Re: [Gllug] Changing machine's IP address)

Steve Nicholson steve.nicholson at yoursolutions.com
Sun Nov 4 16:33:53 UTC 2001


> > you could plug the monitor/keyboardin for bootup, and once its up,
> > disconnect them and leave the box to sit in a corner

Take care that you turn off the power to your monitor before
plugging/unplugging. I have toasted a monitor this way, plugged it in
with the power on and it must have loaded or sent a spike to the drivers
and lost red (permanently).

Steve.


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