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

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From: Henrique Duarte (cleanbh@hotmail.com)
Date: Tue Mar 19 11:19:11 2002


>From what I read you still need to run signdisk.exe in order for the server
to boot unattended in network mode.  I may be mistaken though.

-Henrique
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From: "Tony White" <tony@databit.net>
To: <compaqandlinux@van-dijk.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 1:55 AM
Subject: Re: [compaq-and-linux] Proliant waiting for F1 on error


>
> 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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