Re: Stopping Red Hat 6.0 Linux from checking for keyboard at boot time

julio (julio@pobox.com)
Sat, 21 Aug 1999 21:51:59 -0300


On Sat, Aug 21, 1999 at 09:55:48PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> > machines that do not have a keyboard
> > The following displays on screen
> >
> > LILO boot:
> > Loading Linux .................................
> >
> > The screen will display this message forever.
>
> There are some patches in 2.2.x after the 2.2.5 release that try and time
> out the keyboard if it refuses to go non busy. (They shouldnt be needed but
> some PC's think otherwise). See if 2.2.11 (+errata probably best -
> http://www.linux.org.uk for those) fixes the keyboard hang
>

I've had the same problem with 2.2.11 (i486) today.

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