Re: booting without keyboard

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Craig Lee (lee++at++flounder.hrl.hac.com)
Wed, 11 Sep 1996 13:24:58 -0700

On Wed, 11 Sep 1996 12:51:01 -0700, "Remi Arnaud" <remi++at++remi.asd.sgi.com> wrote
>On Sep 11, 5:48pm, rouand wrote:
>> I need to boot an indigo 2 without keyboard . (My performer app has
>> ethernet input and video output). I got the message:
>> ... Cannot open keyboard ...
>> and the system does not start.
>
> I know that the 'nvram console' is set by default to g, meaning the booting
>console is the screen and keyboard of the Indigo.
>
> Now, I don't remember what to set in to make the Indigo using a console on a
>serial port instead.
>
> Someone else may have the other half of the answer ?

>From "man prom":
     console
          The system console may be set with the console variable. If console
          is set to ``g'' or ``G'', the console is assumed to be the graphics
          display. On some systems with multiple graphics adapters, setting
          console to ``g0'' (identical to ``g''), ``g1'' or ``g2'' can be used
          to select alternate graphics displays. If console is set to ``d'',
          then the console is assumed to be a terminal connected to the first
          serial port. In addition, som systems also accept ``d2'' for a
          terminal connected to second serial port. Lastly, this can be
          over-ridden on some systems by removing the password jumper and the
          console will be forced to ``g'', which is useful for for recovering
          from setting the console to ``d'' when a terminal is not available.
          This variable is stored in non-volatile RAM.

     nogfxkbd
          If set to ``1'', the system will not require the keyboard to be
          plugged in. By default, if the console is the graphics display and
          the keyboard is not plugged in or is otherwise unresponsive to
          commands, it is assumed to be broken. The system will switch to the
          serial terminal console and wait for a command. This variable is
          stored in non-volatile RAM.
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