Re: Do I need monitor, keyboard, mouse?

On Sat, 2 Dec 2006 13:56:27 UTC in comp.os.linux.hardware, Mike - EMAIL IGNORED
<m_d_berger_1900@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On the box on which I run Apache and a few
other daemons, I virtually never use the
monitor, keyboard, or mouse. I maintain
the box over ssh. Is there any reason I
have to keep these peripherals plugged in
to the box?

It depends. Server type motherboards usually have the option to ignore keyboard
errors on boot (i.e. not present) but cheaper, non-server motherboards often
don't and they stop and wait for someone to press F1 to continue.

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Trevor Hemsley, Brighton, UK
Trevor dot Hemsley at ntlworld dot com
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