Robert Heller wrote: > At Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:56:16 -1000 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> > wrote: >> >> I just installed centos on a Dell that used to have 2 internal disks, >> but I removed one just before the install. Now when I boot it, it stops and >> outputs a message complaining about the missing disk and I have to hit >> F1 to get it to continue booting. >> >> Is there some bios setting that is causing this? Obviously, I'd like it <snip> > Dell servers seem to be wonky about this sort of thing (older ones would > not boot without a keyboard installed, even if they were esentually > 'headless'). I am not sure how to deal with this. It seems to be a > Dell-specific BIOS hack of some sort (and a *dumb* one at that). This is not a "Dell-specific BIOS hack". Dear child, ask your folks about PCs. I think it was only this decade that PCs would actually boot *without* a keyboard. EVERY PC EVER MADE before would not. mark "tease me about my age, and I'll beat you with my cane!"