Hi All,
I've got 3 boxen I want to use in my configuration - 2 RedHat 7.3 boxen (one running Oracle 9i, one running IBM WebSphere) and 1 Mandrake 9.1 box. I've got 1 two-port KVM switch so I can view one of the RedHat boxen as well as my Mandrake desktop. The problem is that I cannot get the other RedHat box to boot in headless mode (I don't want to reinstall since a lot of time and effort went into getting Oracle and WebSphere set up correctly). I've tried using serial cable/minicom for the second box, but no joy. Anyone here managed to get Linux/x86 booting in headless mode?
Matt
Matt Parker wrote:
Hi All,
I've got 3 boxen I want to use in my configuration - 2 RedHat 7.3 boxen (one running Oracle 9i, one running IBM WebSphere) and 1 Mandrake 9.1 box. I've got 1 two-port KVM switch so I can view one of the RedHat boxen as well as my Mandrake desktop. The problem is that I cannot get the other RedHat box to boot in headless mode (I don't want to reinstall since a lot of time and effort went into getting Oracle and WebSphere set up correctly). I've tried using serial cable/minicom for the second box, but no joy. Anyone here managed to get Linux/x86 booting in headless mode?
Lovely though an opportunity to slate RH is, it's unlikely to be the OS causing the problem. Check your BIOS for "stop on error" settings, and if that doesn't fix it, you may have to leave a keyboard fitted (this happens quite often on very old BIOSes).
Cheers, Laurie.
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Laurie Brown -
Matt Parker