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Re: [compaq-and-linux] Proliant waiting for F1 on error

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From: Tony White (tony@databit.net)
Date: Tue Mar 19 01:55:19 2002 

Hi,

For servers, setting 'network server mode' in the SCU (F10 setup) lets the 
boot continue past the message.  For desktops, SP0667 (No_F1.com) sets a 
bit in the cmos to do the same thing.

Tony

At 04:13 19/03/2002 , ard@waikato.ac.nz  said:

> > I was testing the servers with only 1 power supply (not both redundant)
>
>...and the server waited for him to press a function key.
>
>
>That annoys me no end.  If one of my servers loses one of its supplies of
>power and then reboots for some other reason, I want it to come up
>without an operator having to go to its console and press a key.
>
>Is there any way of setting a timeout or cancelling the prompt so that
>the boot proceeds unattended?
>
>--
>_________________________________________________________________________
>Andrew Donkin                  Waikato University, Hamilton,  New Zealand
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