Yeah bios is set not to halt on kb or mouse errors. Redhat starts to boot, but then just hangs, in error log I see message for no kb found. Jonathan Hutchins wrote: >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Bill Cavalieri [mailto:bcavalieri@gekl.net] >> >> > > > >>I have a bunch of 1U servers running redhat 7.1, they are >>hooked up to a >>8 port KVM. When I have to reboot them RARELY (hint M$), the kernel >>will panic if the KVM isn't set to that server. >> >> > > > >>If anyone knows a setting or trick to get redhat to boot without >>mouse/kb, I would love to learn it. >> >> > >Usually it's the BIOS that will stop a boot without KB/Mouse. If you can't >set the BIOS to ignore whether they're there or not, you'll have to get a >KVM switch that does active emulation - one that tells the PC that there is >a keyboard and mouse present even when it's switched to another console. >More expensive. > > > > >